Scrap troubled student service grant, funnel money into existing relief programs, says student advocate

'At this point, any type of placement students are placed in, they wouldn't be able to receive the full benefit coming out of it, because it is already July,' says Nicole Brayiannis of the Canadian Federation of Students.

Student experts and political observers say how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 7 at Rideau Cottage, and his government respond to the 'quagmire' surrounding WE Charity and the Canada Student Service Grant is crucial. Some students are calling on the feds to scrap the program entirely and direct funds to other relief measures targeted at students.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

July 16, 2020

As fallout over the prime minister’s involvement in a now-abandoned plan to award WE Charity oversight of a $900-million program plays out, his government’s efforts to move past the controversy and roll out the student relief program could influence how younger vo...

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