Friday, January 06, 2006

A homerun for students..some talking points

Here's what I know so far. It sounds like a good situation for students.:

Liberal government will:
increase access to post-secondary education through a new 50/50 Plan under which the government will pay for half of an undergraduate student’s first year tuition, and half of a student’s graduating year tuition;
introduce the Lester Pearson Scholarships to be awarded to 25 deserving Canadian students to study abroad and 50 international students to study in Canada each year;
work to increase participation in apprenticeships by making employment insurance more accessible and setting a benchmark for the number of apprenticeship graduates; and
create a working income tax benefit to help Canadians in getting off social assistance and finding a job.

NDP: More federal assitance and student loans.
Depends on income.

Conservatives:Harper also announced that a new Conservative government will provide assistance to students for the cost of books and make improvements to the Canada Student Loan program. “Education and training remains the single most effective investment in the future prosperity of Canadians” said Harper.

Providing students or their parents with a tax credit of up to $500 to help cover the costs of textbooks;
Working with the provinces to increase family income thresholds for student loan eligibility;
Exempting the first $10,000 of student scholarship or bursary income from taxation;

Also somewhat dependent on financial need

Just some talking points to help our young voters out there.

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