Thursday, November 20, 2014
The Canadian Federation of Students say that politicians are willing to pay lip service to student issues, but offer little more than that.
Students are taking to the Hill this week asking politicians to put youth issues in their platforms for the 2015 elections.
They say that if spent properly, $2.84 billion would solve Canada's post-secondary funding problem.
Forty representatives from the Canadian Students' Federation (CFS) have scheduled meetings with more than 120 MPs and Senators to demand action on student issues including debt levels, funding for post-secondary institutions and youth unemployment.
The CFS, which represents over 500,000 students at 75 institutions across Canada, has recently launched its federal election campaign, itsnosecret.ca to draw attention to the pressing youth issues in this upcoming election.
