MEDIA ADVISORY
For immediate release.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Students available to comment on 2016 Federal Budget
HALIFAX–Representatives from the Canadian Federation of Students – Nova Scotia will be available to comment on the 2016 Federal Budget immediately following its release on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. During a national lobby week and presentation to the Finance Committee, the Canadian Federation of Students recommended doubling the federal investment in the Youth Employment Strategy to create good youth jobs, increasing the Canada Student Grants Program by $725 million by redirecting funding currently spent on inefficient education related tax credits and lifting the restrictive 2 per cent cap on the Post-Secondary Student Support Program to fund all Aboriginal learners.
DATE: Tuesday, March 22, 2016
TIME: 4:45 p.m.
PLACE: PSAC Regional Office, 287 Lacewood Drive, Suite 301, Halifax NS
WHO: Charlotte Kiddell, media contact: (902) 580-5735
THE FACTS
• Tuition fees in Nova Scotia are the third highest in Canada, at an average of $6,817.00 per year.
• Nova Scotia is the only province in Canada without regulations on how universities can set tuition fees.
• Students in Nova Scotia graduate with an average of $35,000 in student debt.
• Youth unemployment in Nova Scotia is 15%, 2% higher than the national average.
• Nova Scotia has the fastest growing Aboriginal population in Canada.
The Canadian Federation of Students is Canada's largest student organisation, uniting more than 650,000 students. The Federation and its predecessor organisations have represented students in Canada since 1927.
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For more information:
Charlotte Kiddell, media contact, CFS-NS: Phone: (902) 580-5735 (cellular)
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