Thursday, April 18, 2013

Adrian Dix says NDP would bring back student grants to deal with skills shortage

<p>An NDP government would tackle a looming skills shortage in B.C. by bringing back student grants, adding more training spaces and setting up a new scholarship fund for post-secondary students, leader Adrian Dix said today.</p><p>Dix said the NDP would invest $50 million in the non-repayable grants program this year and increase that to $100 million in 2014-15.</p><p>The Liberals, who scrapped the previous student grants program in 2004, were quick to pan the NDP's promises as reckless and unaffordable.</p><p>But the NDP said investing in people and education is the best way to ensure future prosperity and offer a "ladder of opportunity" to young people regardless of their background.</p><p><a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/adrian-dix-says-ndp-would-bring-back-student-grants-to-deal-with-skills-shortage-1.112945">Keep reading...</a></p>

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