Education

See how the party platforms stack up on a number of key issues. This list will be continually updated as more platform information is announced

Conservative Party of Canada

Beef up the Canada Student Loan Program to increase the income threshold for loans and grants to part-time students; cut interest rates charged in some cases so Canadians can study part time while working
Extend support for the Canada Youth Business Foundation
Establish 30 industrial research chairs at colleges and polytechnics, and support research partnerships between college and university researchers and students
Create 30 industrial research chairs at polytechnics and colleges to allow college students to interact with leading researchers
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A 'Canadian Learning Passport,' which would offer $4,000 in tax-free grants who choose to go to university, college or CEGEP. (More for students from low-income families)
Early Childhood Learning and Care Fund - to help create social infrastructure - that begins with $500-million in the first year, rising to annual commitment of $1-billion by the fourth year.
Veterans' Learning Benefit to pay for post-secondary and technical education for Canadian Forces veterans.
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Boost affordability of post-secondary education with a designated $800 million transfer to the provinces and territories to lower tuition fees
Increase the Canada Student Grants program by $200 million a year
Raise the education tax credit from $4,800 to $5,760 per year
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Push the federal government to restore education transfers to the levels seen before the cuts in the mid-nineties.
Continued support for tax-exempt scholarships for postdoctoral students.
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A youth community and environment service program, which would provide federal minimum wage employment for 40,000 young people every year for three years, in exchange for a $4,000 tuition credit at the end of each year
Increased workplace childcare spaces
$400-millon annual increase in funding of post-secondary education needs-based scholarships and bursaries
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