Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation
The Right Hon. Stephen Harper
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
Prime Minister Harper,
I am writing to encourage your government to renew the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation before its mandate expires in 2009.
The Foundation supports over 100,000 post-secondary students annually and is responsible for about 30% of all non-repayable grants awarded in Canada. As such, it is a vital component of the funding available to post-secondary students and allows many students who could otherwise not afford to do so to attend college and university.
A collective of student alliances from across Canada have issued recommendations regarding renewal of the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation. I [...] encourage you to adopt their recommendations and continue supporting Canada’s students.
Respectfully,
Douglas Stebila
Encl.: Sleepwalking towards the precipice: The looming $350 hole in Canada’s financial aid system (full version available at http://www.grantsreloaded.ca/thepressroom.html)
Cc: The Hon. Andrew Telegdi, The Hon. Stéphane Dion, The Hon. Jack Layton, Gilles Duceppe
