Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, because the regulations were in place the way they were, I don't believe that it could be forgiven or forgotten or ignored. The rules will have to be applied as they were at the time that the issue or the problem happened. It may interest the Member to know that I have given direction and we are changing some of the rules to make it easier for students to qualify for full-time performance during the year, because we will agree now that a full-time course load is equivalent to 60 percent as opposed to 75 percent. That will be starting for first-year students and working through the system next year. So we are trying to make the system more responsive to students, particularly those who are coming into the system or into post-secondary education from small northern communities for the first time. But it's not possible for us to go back and change the way regulations deal with people retroactively. I believe that there may be some possibility to examine payment schedules and so on, but the end result will have to be the same because of the way the regulations were set out. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 233-15(3): Requirements For The Continued Student Financial Assistance
In the Legislative Assembly on October 18th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 233-15(3): Requirements For The Continued Student Financial Assistance
Question 233-15(3): Requirements For The Continued Student Financial Assistance
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 17th, 2004
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