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The Learning Passport in the “Liberal Family Pack” will help young Canadians pay for college and university, while the fully-costed Liberal platform includes measures to help youth find employment and volunteer at home and abroad, says Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff.

“A Liberal government will put $1,000 per year into the pockets of every young Canadian in college and university - $1,500 a year for students from low-income families,” said Ignatieff while meeting with students at St. Lawrence College. “The Learning Passport in the Liberal Family Pack will reduce student debt and open the doors to post-secondary education for everyone – if you get the grades, you get to go.”

The $1-billion Canadian Learning Passport is the single largest annual investment in non-repayable federal student assistance in Canadian history, provided directly to students:

  • $4,000 tax-free for every student in university, college or CÉGEP – $1,000 per year over four years; and
  • $6,000 – or $1,500 each year – for students from low-income families.

Learning Passport funds will be provided through the Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP). Students and their families will not be required to provide any matching funding to receive the Learning Passport.

“Young Canadians face other challenges – including the worst level of joblessness in a generation,” said Ignatieff. “A Liberal government will create new incentives to hire youth, new opportunities to gain valuable volunteer experience at home and abroad, and change our politics so that it directly engages young Canadians.”

In addition to the Liberal Family Pack, the Liberal Platform contains measures to:

  • Tackle youth unemployment and create up to 170,000 new jobs for young Canadians by giving companies a 100% EI rebate for hiring young workers;

 

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  • Create meaningful volunteer opportunities at home and abroad for young people with our Canada Service Corps, which forgives $1,500 in federal student loan debt for young Canadians who volunteer; and
  • Engage young voters with the development of an on-line voting option, make government data available on-line free of charge, and establish a “People’s Question Period” that will allow Canadians to directly engage the prime minister and cabinet ministers with unfiltered questions.

“We can create a bright future for Canada’s youth – without raising your taxes – if we stop corporate giveaways, turn the page on wasteful spending like $30-billion fighter jets, and focus on what really matters: giving every Canadian the tools to succeed in the years ahead,” said Ignatieff.


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