Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is also for the Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes. Mr. Speaker, I have concerns regarding the flexibility of the Student Financial Assistance Program. I have raised this question in this House previously, and will continue to do so.
Mr. Speaker, when there is an emergency or crisis that occurs and students have to go home, there is no real mechanism to deal with emergency or compassionate travel, and students are penalized if they decide they have to go home for a funeral or other emergency.
I would like to ask the Minister what his department is doing to redesign this program to make it more flexible to allow the staff to deal with extreme circumstances students may find themselves in.