Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as a government, our responsibility is to provide programs and services that meet the needs of our people. As MLAs, one of our jobs is to share concerns that people are having with the system. Often this comes across as a series of complaints, whereas in fact they are suggestions to help us make our government system more effective for the people it serves. Having said that, today I would like to focus on this government's attempts to make the student financial system more effective.
The overwhelming reaction to people I have talked with is that the changes that were recently made to the system need to be changed. To begin with, the wording of the application form is not user-friendly. In my region, the majority of the students speak English as a second language. While I recognize that the department provides a 108-page guide to explain how to fill out the application form, this is simply unrealistic and frustrating to many applicants and even to the teachers that are helping students fill out these forms. I seriously wonder why we would create an application that requires over 100 pages to explain how to fill out the forms. At the appropriate time, I will have questions for the Minister responsible for Education about the SFA Program. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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