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Prince George, B.C. - Leader of the B.C. New Democrats, Adrian Dix, says he wants to restore the non-refundable student grants to the level they were at 10 years ago.
Speaking to a gathering os students at the College of New Caledonia today, Dix said he would like to see $100 million dollars set aside for such grants, because there has to be somethingdone to make it easier for people to get post secondary education. "You know, everyone says 80% of the jobs in the future will require a post secondary education, buit if nothing is done to make that education affordable, Isee a future where there are jobs but no one qualified to fill them, and people who are unemployed."
He says the money for the non-refundable student grants could come by reinstating the minimum tax on banks, a tax he says was eliminated in 2008.
"Post Secondary Education is the economic plan for the future" says Dix.
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