Traduction de «Expanded student assistance scheme » (Anglais → Français) :

As well, the current $3,000 exemption limit for scholarships, fellowships and bursary income will be eliminated, resulting in making all of these programs exempt from income tax, and eligibility for student loans will be expanded to assist more students from middle-income families.

Action must be immediately taken on student debt, as the average debt for Canadian students is well over $30,000 when accounting for interest, and the Canada access grant should be expanded to assist students from low-income families.

Expand and improve investment in human capital through: the establishment of efficient lifelong learning strategies, in cooperation with the social partners, according to European commitments, including appropriate incentives and cost-sharing mechanisms for enterprises, the public sector and individuals, identification and programming of the measures needed to significantly reduce the number of pupils leaving school early; increased access to initial vocational, secondary and higher education, non-university vocational training; the promotion of entrepreneurship in all levels of education and the use of the information society and the new technologies ; enhanced participation ...[+++] in continuous and workplace training throughout the life-cycle, especially for the low-skilled, older workers, women, especially those returning to work, and SME employees; and encouragement of exchange schemes for teachers and students between enterprises at national level and between Member States (Integrated guideline No 22).

Expand and improve investment in human capital through: the establishment of efficient lifelong learning strategies, in cooperation with the social partners, according to European commitments, including appropriate incentives and cost-sharing mechanisms for enterprises, the public sector and individuals, identify and programme the measures needed to significantly reduce the number of pupils leaving school early; increased access to initial vocational, secondary and higher education, non-university vocational training, the promotion of entrepreneurship in all levels of education and the use of the information society and the new technologies; and enhanced participation in conti ...[+++]nuous and workplace training throughout the life-cycle, especially for the low-skilled, older workers, women, especially when they come back to work, and SME employees, as well as the encouragement of exchange schemes for teachers and students between enterprises at national level and between Member States (Integrated guideline No 22).

Mrs. Marlene Cowling (Dauphin-Swan River, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, last spring the Minister of Human Resources Development introduced major reforms to expand and improve student assistance.

In fact, participating provinces have encouraged the federal government to continue to occupy this field and to expand its efforts in the area of student assistance.