Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question this morning is for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. It concerns what I believe is a small anomaly in the Student Financial Assistance Program that we have.
There is a difficulty, I believe, with a definition of what a semester is. I am hearing from a constituent about a difficulty where they have not attended a university program within the past 12 months. They want to go to a spring session of college but they find they are ineligible for student financial assistance. It seems to be because our definition of semester is that it has to be a 12-week program. Spring and summer sessions are often less than that, eight to ten weeks.
My question is, would the Minister undertake to review this anomaly and the definition of semester and hopefully enable people to qualify for financial assistance, even though they may not be taking in a full 12-week program? Thank you.