"Commit to implementing tuition-free public post-secondary education in Canada through a phased approach, drawing on successful international models.

» Begin by offering free tuition to low-income students, Indigenous students, and those in critical fields, with the goal of expanding access to all students over time.

» Develop sustainable funding strategies to support this transition, ensuring that financial barriers do not impede access to higher education."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fully fund the Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP) to cover tuition and living expenses for all Indigenous students who qualify.

» Once tuition-free post-secondary education is fully implemented, refocus PSSSP on funding relocation and living expenses for Indigenous students."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Eliminate all federal student loan debt, providing financial relief to graduates and current borrowers." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Continue to uphold the removal of interest on Canada Student Loans and Canada Apprentice Loans." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"Provide direct research funding to Canadian universities, allocated automatically based on graduate student enrollment in thesis-based programs, to ensure stable baseline funding for curiosity-driven, early-stage research. This will support long-term scientific inquiry and breakthrough discoveries without the burden of competitive grant applications.

» Require that all research funded through this program be fully public, preventing the privatization of publicly funded knowledge and ensuring open access for researchers, businesses, and the public."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Guarantee stable public funding for universities and colleges to reduce dependence on corporate donors and safeguard academic independence." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand access to post-secondary education in sustainable industries by funding local campuses, online programs, and co-op learning opportunities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase stable, long-term federal funding for universities and colleges to support mentorship programs, expand faculty diversity, and create more tenure-track positions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure stable federal funding for minority-language post-secondary institutions, supporting cultural preservation and linguistic diversity across Canada." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"End the financial exploitation of international students by capping tuition fees at fair and reasonable rates." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require colleges and universities to include accurate cost of living and housing information — on-campus costs, local vacancy rates, average rents — in acceptance letters to international students." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Periodically assess all designated learning institutions (DLIs) approved to host international students, restricting visas for institutions with low student retention rates." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Conduct detailed assessments of DLIs, restricting visa issuance for schools where 15% or more of international students fail to enroll, withdraw, or transfer out." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Re-establish the limit on off-campus work to a maximum of 20 hours per week, ensuring students remain primarily focused on their studies." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Return immigration to sustainable levels by capping the total number of temporary workers and international students to less than 5% of Canada’s population by the end of 2027, from a past high of 7.3%, to ease the strain on housing, public infrastructure, and our social services." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced today that a new Conservative government will allow travelling trades workers to write off the full cost of food, transport and accommodation needed to go from one job to another while ending write-offs for luxury corporate jets that are not needed to do business." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Today, Conservatives announced that they would deliver fairness for the skilled trades by requiring banks to recognize apprenticeships for Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs). Financial institutions that offer RESPs will be required to recognize all skilled trades and apprenticeship programs as eligible RESP programs, ensuring that all related expenses qualify for Education Assistance Payments." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"To deliver on this [housing] plan, we will train over 100,000 skilled workers, including newcomers and those affected by Donald Trump’s reckless trade war." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"New Democrats are committed to our Build Canadian, Buy Canadian Plan to boost our domestic economy and create a stronger and more independent economy. As part of this plan we would develop sector-specific industrial strategies for energy, mining, manufacturing, buildings and transportation, with workers at the table every step along the way, with the goal of accelerating Canada’s clean energy transition and attracting new investment in communities across the country. And we would provide additional supports to train more workers for tomorrow’s green economy. Our goal will be to support good, new jobs in clean industries, and support the decarbonization of essential industries like steelmaking, cement-making, transportation and others." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Provide a new Apprenticeship Grant of up to $8,000 for registered apprentices. Should an apprentice not complete their program within established timelines, the grant converts to an interest-free loan. This is in addition to the $20,000 interest-free Canada Apprentice Loans available to apprentices progressing through training. We will work with First Nation, Inuit, and Métis communities to raise awareness of the new grant. And we will make certain expenses eligible that make it easier and more affordable for women to apprentice in the trades." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Establish a new $20 million capital funding stream for colleges to support new training spaces, such as classrooms, for apprenticeships. We will also work with provinces and territories to increase operating funding for trade colleges, building on the successes of jurisdictions like Quebec, which has been a leader in funding apprenticeship and vocational training, as well as strategic workplace apprenticeships." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Increase access to union-led training initiatives by permanently doubling the funding of the Union Training and Innovation Program from $25 million to $50 million. This funding will now support investments in training spaces and classrooms, supporting any of the Red Seal trades." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Expand the Labour Mobility Tax Deduction to ensure workers who travel more than 120 km from their home to a job site can deduct more of their expenses, and commit to significantly increasing the per-year tax deduction limit." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Incentivize companies to hire apprentices and recent graduates by establishing new requirements on federal contribution agreements to major projects that commit industry partners to include significant opportunities for young Canadians." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Uphold the Apprenticeship Service program to support employers in hiring new apprentices in Red Seal trades, with up to $10,000 for eligible employers for each new apprentice hired;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Uphold the Apprenticeship Service program to support employers in hiring new apprentices in Red Seal trades, with $5,000 for first-year apprentices and $10,000 for women, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Implement a Guaranteed Livable Income (GLI) for all Canadians, ensuring young people have the financial security to pursue education, training, and early-career opportunities without poverty barriers." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Encourage flexible and remote work models for young Canadians, ensuring better work-life balance and access to diverse job opportunities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy to create stable, well-paid job opportunities for young workers in high-demand fields." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Provide funding and expand the mandates, where appropriate, for the Student Work Placement Program, the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS), Canada Summer Jobs, and the Canadian Service Corps. We will work to better align the mandates with critical and emerging sectors such as green technology, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing. This will increase opportunities within the not-for-profit organizations, the public sector, and private sector organizations." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"Provide income support for workers seeking training, eliminating financial barriers to career shifts." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand re-skilling and apprenticeship programs through the Canada Training Benefit, ensuring workers can transition into sustainable, high- demand careers." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand access to training for all workers, ensuring employment programs cover:

» Secondary school completion and upgrading.

» Adult literacy and numeracy training.

» English/French language instruction.

» Union and community-led workforce development."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"To deliver on this [housing] plan, we will train over 100,000 skilled workers, including newcomers and those affected by Donald Trump’s reckless trade war." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"A Mark Carney led government will provide a new upskilling and training benefit for workers in the middle of their careers who need to access new skills training for their career stability and success. This new benefit will :

1. provide up to $15,000 for workers in priority sectors, including manufacturing, health care, construction, A.I. and technology. In the face of the economic uncertainty and volatility many Canadian businesses are facing, we will collaborate with employers to support retention and upskilling within their companies; and,
2. ensure that Canadian workers impacted by tariffs have the necessary tools to pursue good paying jobs and advance their careers in priority sectors. We will design these supports in partnership with labour, employers, and industry."

— liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Increase R&D funding to 2.7% of GDP to bring Canada in line with the OECD average." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase federal funding for graduate research by tripling Canada Graduate Scholarships for master’s students and doubling them for PhD students." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Attract leading researchers to Canadian institutions by creating the Canadian Sovereignty and Resilience Research Fund. If the U.S. cuts a researcher’s project funding, we will work with the Canadian research ecosystem if projects can directly help Canadians or be commercialized here. Where the U.S. is squeezing out researchers, we will look to welcome research here in Canada. Eligible researchers could include professors and graduate students. More researchers at home will help us solve Canadian problems, and export more Canadian solutions to the global marketplace." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Finalize Canada’s modernization of science and research, through the creation of a capstone organization that will ensure the federal granting agencies are driving mission-driven research that brings Canadian expertise to big global challenges and effectively commercializes homegrown ideas." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23