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{
"time": "2016-10-20 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Carolyn Bennett (Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. Carolyn Bennett (ministre des Affaires autochtones et du Nord, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4559783\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her ongoing advocacy for students and for her constituents.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4559784\" data-originallang=\"en\">Our government is totally committed to improving access to post-secondary education for indigenous students and we are pursuing a whole-of-government approach to achieving this critical goal. We have increased the Canada student grants by 50% this year and are working with students, parents, educators, and indigenous groups to improve access to these funds for first nations students.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4559785\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are also committed to working with indigenous communities to expand the scope of post-secondary student support in the areas of\u2014</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4559783\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de ses efforts soutenus pour la d\u00e9fense des int\u00e9r\u00eats des \u00e9tudiants et des r\u00e9sidants de sa r\u00e9gion.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4559784\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement est on ne peut plus d\u00e9termin\u00e9 \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'\u00e9ducation postsecondaire pour les \u00e9tudiants autochtones, et nous adoptons une approche pangouvernementale afin d'atteindre cet objectif crucial. Cette ann\u00e9e, nous avons major\u00e9 de 50 % le montant des bourses d'\u00e9tudes canadiennes, et nous collaborons avec les \u00e9tudiants, les parents, les \u00e9ducateurs et les groupes autochtones afin que ce financement soit plus accessible pour les \u00e9tudiants des Premi\u00e8res Nations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4559785\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous nous sommes \u00e9galement engag\u00e9s \u00e0 collaborer avec les collectivit\u00e9s autochtones afin d'accro\u00eetre l'aide aux \u00e9tudes postsecondaires dans les domaines...</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/10/20/carolyn-bennett-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/carolyn-bennett/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4324/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9172691",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Indigenous Affairs",
"fr": "Les affaires autochtones"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/10/20/",
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}
}