Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The first item that the Member was talking about in terms of attracting people to smaller communities, we already provide remission at a higher rate to nurses who have gone through the program here and are willing to work in our small communities. So we r

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No, we've been quietly letting people know that the expectation of this will be in place this year and once the bill is passed, we'll make sure it is well publicized amongst students so there is that awareness. There were some students who were running up

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The best indicator we have on immediate returns is the number of students who are achieving remissions on their loans and that is almost all of them. So we know that most students come back in the first instance to qualify for remission and do stay in the

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We do fairly well on collecting on debts. The Department of Education, Culture and Employment doesn't directly follow up with people who are having trouble making their payments. We hand them over to FMBS and that's the collection agency within government

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I say, it's an application-based fund. So a student can fill out an application form and from that application form, it will be determined if they qualify for some of this repayable loan funding. The sort of factors that come into play are children a

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, this money could be available for use after a student has gone through the first 12 or eight or whatever semesters they qualify for. But as I said, it could also be available to students who may be single parents that may have higher costs. So it's

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That's correct. It's not necessarily something that follows on after a student has used up all of their 12 semesters if they qualify for 12 semesters of remissible funding. There are many students who access needs assessed funding. This funding is all ne

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The remissible loan program is something separate from the repayable loan program.

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The department needs to, on a regular basis, ensure that our program is in line with getting a graduate or post-graduate degree. So I think it is imperative that this sort of change take place on a regular basis. I expect that it would probably be a good

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On my left, I have Ms. Melody McLeod, director of income security, Education, Culture and Employment; on my right is Mr. Ian Rennie, legislative counsel, Department of Justice.

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to introduce Bill 19, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act. The purpose of this legislation is to increase the aggregate amount that a student is eligible to borrow under the Student Financial Assistance program. The current

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The existing members of the Labour Standards Board will be considered adjudicators by the terms of this bill. So their appointments continue automatically as sole adjudicators. We are hoping that they are prepared to continue to act as adjudicators so

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just on one of the points that Mr. Braden was making, or just to provide some clarification perhaps, Nunavut is the only other jurisdiction in Canada that still uses legislation to set minimum wage. So in this change we are expecting that we are making

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, the expectation was that there would be some public discussion about that issue. One manner might be, for instance, to take a stab at a draft of what the regulation might look like and then go out and ask people have we got it right. That process