Students feel the federal budget made important steps in the right direction.
Charlotte Kiddell from the Canadian Federation of Students says it was great to see funding for non-repayable grants and youth employment initiatives.
She says these are things they specifically asked for.
“We see that our federal government is listening,” she says. “We have a long way to go, but we see in this budget that Student Action is paying off in direct results for Canada’s students.”
Kiddell says they’re disappointed to see a cap on the Post-Secondary Student Support Program for Indigenous students remain in place.
She says they’ll continue to pressure Trudeau to keep his promise to lift it.
