The Conservative government again has poorly re-packaged a Liberal initiative designed to provide financial assistance to students.
Much like 2007’s ill-advised changes to the Canada Summer Jobs program, the Conservatives’ new Canada Student Grants Program fails to deliver help to many of those who need it most.
In the Conservatives’ attempt to re-brand support for students as a Conservative ideal, the new grant system will allocate funding on an “income basis.”
In contrast, the Liberals’ Millennium Scholarship Fund (MSF) distributed funding on a “need basis.”