Yes, that is found in there as well. We've increased the supplementary grant and the remissible loan to that 80 percent threshold, and that's included in there. We've tied those numbers to the market basket measure for food and shelter. So there is something that, you know, we can always refer back to. It's not an arbitrary number. We've removed the number of semesters that Indigenous students can receive the supplementary grant, and that's costed out in there as well. We have looked -- yes, we've also looked at the student suspension. So if a student currently doesn't complete 60 percent of a full course load, they are suspended from income assistance. I don't think we need to -- or sorry, SFA. I don't think we need to punish students for trying. And so we have removed that barrier as well and costed that out. There's also an increase for study grant for students with disabilities so that we are now aligned with the Canada Student Loan Program in terms of the amounts available through that stream. Thank you.
R.J. Simpson on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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