Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Goodnews! PM expands eligibility for Canada Student Grants program

Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces changes to the Canada Student Grants program at Seycove Secondary School in North Vancouver.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces changes to the Canada Student Grants program at Seycove Secondary School in North Vancouver. (CBC)
CBC
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a change to the Canada Student Grants program Tuesday, which will expand the number of training programs eligible for government help.

Until now, post-secondary training programs had to be longer than 60 weeks to qualify for the grant program, which was started in 2009, Harper said at a press conference in North Vancouver.

Harper called the cutoff arbitrary.


"That leaves out an increasing number of training courses that, while shorter, still prepare a student for a job that's available now," he said.

The program will be expanded to include post-secondary programs longer than 34 weeks, such as training in home inspection, networking, accounting techniques, or to become a paralegal, said Harper.

He said he expected the change would help tens of thousands of Canadians find well-paying jobs.

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