Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we're not experts on treaty in the Department of Education, Culture and Employment and don't claim to have that expertise. We would expect that it is in the interest of Canada and Canadians to make sure that the cost of education is kept as low as possible, and we would hope that that is looked at. But in terms of defining treaty, it isn't something that I think this government is in a position to do, and I think that we want to be cautious about getting ourselves into that argument. As I've said, we have made sure that we are offering students the opportunity to choose whether they receive the money through remissible loan, in which case it doesn't have to be paid back, so that if they get 100 percent of the dollars and never wind up having to pay it back, they can choose that method; or they can choose a grant and then their argument is going to be with CCRA over whether or not they have to pay taxes. That's not one that we can intervene on directly, because it was one between the individuals, but it certainly is in the interest of all of us to see as much money as possible getting into the hands of students. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 314-15(3): Taxation Of Financial Support Provided To Post-secondary Aboriginal Students
In the Legislative Assembly on October 26th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 314-15(3): Taxation Of Financial Support Provided To Post-secondary Aboriginal Students
Question 314-15(3): Taxation Of Financial Support Provided To Post-secondary Aboriginal Students
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 25th, 2004
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