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Minister Murray highlights youth recovery investments in Budget 2021

From: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Today, Minister of Digital Government, the Honourable Joyce Murray, met with post-secondary students from Memorial University of Newfoundland and was joined by Gudie Hutchings, Member of Parliament for Long Range Mountains, to discuss youth recovery investments from Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience. Today, Minister of Digital Government, the Honourable Joyce Murray, met with post-secondary students from Memorial University of Newfoundland and was joined by Gudie Hutchings, Member of Parliament for Long Range Mountains, to discuss youth recovery investments from Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience. The COVID-19 recession has disproportionately affected low-wage workers, young people, women, and racialized Canadians. For businesses, it has been a two-speed recession, with some finding ways to prosper and grow, but many businesses-especially small businesses-fighting to survive. Budget 2

VP External Marley Gillies on student supports in the 2021 federal budget

On April 19, the Federal government announced their 2021 budget the first since 2019.  While this budget has a heavier focus on transitioning from an emergency response to a recovery response in the wake of COVID-19, there are some proposals specifically which aim to benefit and support youth, students and postgraduates across the country. Some of the proposals that will directly impact post-secondary students include calls for more student financial support like waiving interest on student loans for another year, doubling the Canada Student Grants and also extending disability supports.  In an interview with the Gauntlet, Students’ Union (SU) vice-president external Marley Gillies talked more about some of the other additions this budget offers students and gave her thoughts on how the government  both federally and provincially  are attempting to include more student-centred solutions moving out of this pandemic. 

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