Thank you. So, yes, the program, it is pretty generous compared to other programs in Canada but the hitch is that you have to have gone to school in the Northwest Territories and the more -- longer you've attended school in the territory, the more you're eligible for. And, you know, I -- I don't like the idea of, you know, saddling students with debt because they are trying to start their careers. But that being said, you know, the Member has raised this with me a number of times and after the last time I did start thinking about how we might adjust the program. You know, we have small communities where there's perhaps no employment, no opportunities for students to save up money, and does the program, the way it is, disadvantage those students compared to other students whose parents might be, you know, doing well and they can find lucrative summer employment. So I've asked the department to look at ways to possibly adjust how we fund students based on need so that we are removing barriers for, you know, potential students who need those barriers removed, and spreading the wealth out differently. Thank you.
R.J. Simpson on Consideration Of Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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