Federal budget 2019: Universities applaud new funding

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The Liberals have announced $631-million over five years to go toward expanding opportunities for students to learn outside of school

Yukon College's Associate VP of Research Development Bronwyn Hancock at the campus in Whitehorse, Yukon, on March 20.With new funding for work-integrated learning, a reduction in the interest charged on student loans, and a new building for the country’s first Northern University, both students and postsecondary institutions applauded many of the initiatives in the 2019 federal budget.

“Our young people will develop an enhanced understanding of the global community. I think this goes a long way,” Dr. Mahon said. The floating rate of interest charged on most federal student loans will be reduced from prime plus two and a half per cent to prime. And interest will no longer accrue during the six-month grace period after graduation. The initiative is expected to cost $1.7-billion over five years and will save the average borrower $2,000, according to the government’s projections.

 

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Remember CPC_HQ AndrewScheer will vote against this funding

The government’s reaffirmed their “selective” subsidizing of the media in this budget, and in a democracy that is essentially seizing control of the media through Bribery - don’t Canadians think...at all...

And most once they get out and start paying real bills and taxes, most realize how f’ing stupid they were.

of course they would

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