UPDATED Students ask Liberals to scrap grant program as Morneau to testify on WE deal cdnpoli
The program the Liberals first unveiled in April proposed paying students up to $5,000 toward education costs based on the number of hours they volunteer.
The CFS warns students may be unable to accumulate enough hours to receive grants because it's almost August and there is no clarity on when the program will launch. The group says it is too late to put the money towards the Canada Summer Jobs program, which funds summer student salaries at small businesses and non-profits, or the emergency student benefit.
The call comes ahead of an appearance at the House of Commons committee by Finance Minister Bill Morneau over the cancelled agreement for WE Charity to run the student-volunteer program. Morneau, like Trudeau, is being investigated by the federal ethics watchdog for possible violations of conflict of interest rules.
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