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Paul Martin’s Liberals have a three-pronged approach that includes early learning and child care, broader access to post-secondary education, and enhanced workplace skills The Martin government will make permanent a commitment to spend $5 billion over five years for early learning and child care initiatives A Liberal government will increase access to post-secondary education through a 50/50 Plan that will cover half of an undergraduate student's first year tuition and graduating year tuition, to a maximum of $3,000 Students can choose to opt into the plan, or draw benefits from the existing tuition tax credit and education expense deduction The Liberals will expand the Canada Access Grants to cover up to four years of undergraduate study for eligible students, beginning 2006-07 at the cost of $110 million per year Martin’s Liberals will review the system of financial assistance for students The Liberals will provide $1 billion to upgrade post-secondary facilities They will provide $150 million over five years to assist with the costs associated with international study Graduate school scholarships will be increased by 50 per cent The Liberals will invest $3.5 billion over the next six years to enhance workplace skills They aim to double, over the next 10 years, the number of apprenticeship graduates to 75,000 annually The Liberals have invested $55 million through to 2006 for aging workers, to help with training, or to adjust financially The Liberals aim to increase the number of high school graduates by a cumulative 22,000 in five years, and 110,000 in 10 years They want to increase the number of post-secondary graduates by 14,800 over the next five years, and 37,000 within 10 years A Liberal government will support 3,500 R&D internships with private firms over the next five years They also want to create a scholarship program to support those who already have graduate degrees in engineering and the natural and health science, to also acquire business and management training via master in business administration studies at Canadian universities The Liberals will invest $160 million over the next five years to support the creation of large-scale integrated facilities that bring together university and private sector researchers to accelerate the commercialization of university-based discoveries A Liberal government would improve access to post-secondary education facilities by earmarking $135 million from the $1 billion Post-Secondary Education Innovation Fund to enhance access to advanced education for students with disabilities The Liberals will award annual scholarships to attract the very best scholars from Canada’s 25 development partner countries They will also award 25 Pearson Scholarships every year to outstanding Canadian scholars for study abroad in such fields as multilateralism, international development and human rights, which will cover the cost of travel, tuition, lodging and study	Invest $100 million per year in measures to improve support for postsecondary students, including the enhancement of the Canada Student Loans program Work with the provinces to increase family income thresholds for student loan eligibility Exempt the first $10,000 of student scholarship or bursary income from taxation Provide students or their parents with a federal tax credit on spending up to $500 per year on textbooks In cooperation with the provinces, remove postsecondary education funding from the Canada Social Transfer and create an independent Canada Education and Training Transfer	During the 2006 election campaign, Jack Layton demanded a cash injection of $4 billion to post-secondary education In the deal Layton and his team brokered with Martin’s Liberals in 2005, $1.5 billion was promised to reduce the costs of post-secondary education for students and their families via an agreement with provinces and territories; and better training for workers through the E.I. system. 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 the Canada Student Loans program against graduates' income taxes Create a national training strategy for life-long learning for workers to address skills shortages 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 Increase funding for research to ensure science is examined on its merits, not vetted by the funding corporation Expand the Special Opportunities Grant Program to recognize the costs associated with having a disability for training, postsecondary education and job opportunities	Make education a top priority Ensure Ottawa transfers funds to the provinces for childcare Students awarded bursaries should be exempt from certain regulations if they need a health or maternity leave during the course of their studies Increase federal funding for all levels of education, including post-secondary education	Work with provinces and higher learning institutions to reduce post-secondary tuition Boost participation in co-operative education programs and apprenticeships Encourage more hands-on learning in our post-secondary education system Harmonize government programs such as the Millennium Scholarship Fund to provide a single need-based grant program to reduce student debt Increase investments in post-secondary education and ensure that public funding plays a major role in research and development initiatives Increase the availability of full-time employment positions and quality of life by implementing a gradual reduction in the standard work week to thirty-five work hours per week Establish a mentorship network that will enable seniors to connect with youth, to share the benefit of their experiences Remove GST on education supplies and specific family products Boost funding for early childhood education Link local childcare and education centres into a national network

Paul Martin’s Liberals have a three-pronged approach that includes early learning and child care, broader access to post-secondary education, and enhanced workplace skills

The Martin government will make permanent a commitment to spend $5 billion over five years for early learning and child care initiatives

A Liberal government will increase access to post-secondary education through a 50/50 Plan that will cover half of an undergraduate student's first year tuition and graduating year tuition, to a maximum of $3,000

Students can choose to opt into the plan, or draw benefits from the existing tuition tax credit and education expense deduction

The Liberals will expand the Canada Access Grants to cover up to four years of undergraduate study for eligible students, beginning 2006-07 at the cost of $110 million per year

Martin’s Liberals will review the system of financial assistance for students

The Liberals will provide $1 billion to upgrade post-secondary facilities

They will provide $150 million over five years to assist with the costs associated with international study

Graduate school scholarships will be increased by 50 per cent

The Liberals will invest $3.5 billion over the next six years to enhance workplace skills

They aim to double, over the next 10 years, the number of apprenticeship graduates to 75,000 annually

The Liberals have invested $55 million through to 2006 for aging workers, to help with training, or to adjust financially

The Liberals aim to increase the number of high school graduates by a cumulative 22,000 in five years, and 110,000 in 10 years

They want to increase the number of post-secondary graduates by 14,800 over the next five years, and 37,000 within 10 years

A Liberal government will support 3,500 R&D internships with private firms over the next five years

They also want to create a scholarship program to support those who already have graduate degrees in engineering and the natural and health science, to also acquire business and management training via master in business administration studies at Canadian universities

The Liberals will invest $160 million over the next five years to support the creation of large-scale integrated facilities that bring together university and private sector researchers to accelerate the commercialization of university-based discoveries

A Liberal government would improve access to post-secondary education facilities by earmarking $135 million from the $1 billion Post-Secondary Education Innovation Fund to enhance access to advanced education for students with disabilities

The Liberals will award annual scholarships to attract the very best scholars from Canada’s 25 development partner countries

They will also award 25 Pearson Scholarships every year to outstanding Canadian scholars for study abroad in such fields as multilateralism, international development and human rights, which will cover the cost of travel, tuition, lodging and study

Invest $100 million per year in measures to improve support for postsecondary students, including the enhancement of the Canada Student Loans program

Work with the provinces to increase family income thresholds for student loan eligibility

Exempt the first $10,000 of student scholarship or bursary income from taxation

Provide students or their parents with a federal tax credit on spending up to $500 per year on textbooks

In cooperation with the provinces, remove postsecondary education funding from the Canada Social Transfer and create an independent Canada Education and Training Transfer

During the 2006 election campaign, Jack Layton demanded a cash injection of $4 billion to post-secondary education

In the deal Layton and his team brokered with Martin’s Liberals in 2005, $1.5 billion was promised to reduce the costs of post-secondary education for students and their families via an agreement with provinces and territories; and better training for workers through the E.I. system.

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 the Canada Student Loans program against graduates' income taxes

Create a national training strategy for life-long learning for workers to address skills shortages

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

Increase funding for research to ensure science is examined on its merits, not vetted by the funding corporation

Expand the Special Opportunities Grant Program to recognize the costs associated with having a disability for training, postsecondary education and job opportunities

Make education a top priority

Ensure Ottawa transfers funds to the provinces for childcare

Students awarded bursaries should be exempt from certain regulations if they need a health or maternity leave during the course of their studies

Increase federal funding for all levels of education, including post-secondary education

Work with provinces and higher learning institutions to reduce post-secondary tuition

Boost participation in co-operative education programs and apprenticeships

Encourage more hands-on learning in our post-secondary education system

Harmonize government programs such as the Millennium Scholarship Fund to provide a single need-based grant program to reduce student debt

Increase investments in post-secondary education and ensure that public funding plays a major role in research and development initiatives

Increase the availability of full-time employment positions and quality of life by implementing a gradual reduction in the standard work week to thirty-five work hours per week

Establish a mentorship network that will enable seniors to connect with youth, to share the benefit of their experiences

Remove GST on education supplies and specific family products

Boost funding for early childhood education

Link local childcare and education centres into a national network