Speaking during a weekly call-in radio show, the premier said she is currently contemplating, alongside Affordability and Utilities Minister Matt Jones, what supports her government may be able to introduce to help students and recent grads as inflation and living costs remain high.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The package however came under fire from critics questioning why families with a household income of less than $180,000 would receive support while single Albertans and students who make lower wages would not. “if you’re also supporting somebody who is a sort of a 35-year-old oil worker who makes under the threshold, are you really targeting the support to where it’s most needed?” asked Smith. “It’s really difficult to try to get the targeted support to singles and we’ve been doing a lot of work internally to try to figure out how we do that. It’s why we’re having a discussion about how we can support students and recent grads.
Every picture of “students” leading the protest are of people pushing 30 who’ve spent a decade or more hiding in unis. Grow up, take you education, get a real job, and start contributing to society instead of complaining about how much you pay for an already subsidized life.
I'd be happy with student loan interest being suspended
After they caused universities to increase funding!
There you have it, this will Quanielles next walk back in a couple of days!
Everything these politicians are doing lately is to react to distraction they created. None are proactive, creating something that works & brings social content, but constantly on defensive, reactive. Kenney watched how post sec education institutions (UoC) increased tuition 30%
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