Issues

Issue - Education
	Provide assistance to children from low-income families with a new Canada Learning Bond worth up to $2,000 Provide new grant of $3,000 for first-year post-secondary students from low-income families Up-front annual grant of up to $2,000 for students with disabilities Enhance the Canada Education Savings Grant from 20 to 40 per cent for families from low-income families and from 20 to 30 per cent for families from middle-income families Raise the weekly loan ceiling in the Canada Students Loans to $210 from $165 Income thresholds for determining eligibility for student loan interest relief will be increased by five per cent Increase the maximum amount of debt reduction for students facing financial difficulty to $26,000, from 20,000 Implement a Canada Graduate Scholarships Program to support 2,000 master students and 2,000 doctoral students annually A $5 billion, five-year spending commitment to kickstart a national affordable child-care program inspired by the $7 a day child-care system pioneered in Quebec Invest $125 million over five years for the Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy Improve education for aboriginals by providing incentives to create comprehensive kindergarten-to-Grade 12 First nations education systems $137 million for second language instruction to double the number of bilingual high school students in 2013 Extend education tax credit to employees who take courses related to their career

	Work with the provinces to reduce financial barriers to post-secondary education and training Improve the Canada Student Loans Program

	Cut tuition fees for post-secondary education with a plan to reduce fees by 10 per cent and then freeze them by increasing federal funding Provide needs-based grants to replace those administered by the Millennium Scholarship Fund Credit all interest accrued on Student Loans against graduates' income taxes Create a national training strategy for life-long learning for workers Develop a strategy with provinces and territories to ensure high-quality early childhood education across Canada within a decade Work with the provinces to establish a Canada Post-Secondary Education Act to prevent private, for-profit universities

	Education is a priority. Students that have been awarded bursaries should be exempt from certain regulations if they need a health or maternity leave during the course of their studies Re-establish education transfer payments

	Increase funding for early childhood education programs Re-invest in core funding for universities and colleges Roll back tuition to more affordable levels Establish a national life mentorship program matching seniors with younger people Allow retired people tuition-free access to college and university programs Provide needs-based grants Exempt education from future international trade agreements Encourage apprenticeships and skills enhancement by creating industry-wide cooperative education initiatives Direct special funding to public schools in "landing zones" for new Canadians

Issue - Education