The Liberals federal budget announcement failed to live up to their campaign promise of increasing financial assistance to First Nations and Inuit students in university and college by $50 million each year, APTN reported.
“Post-secondary has created a ripple effect in my community,” said Anna McKenzie, a recent UBC graduate. “With the fastest growing population in Canada, our government has a responsibility to support Indigenous youth and adults who aspire to attend post-secondary. This is an enormous setback and disappointment for a government who has promised to forge a new nation-to-nation relationship.”
