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A new veterans’ learning benefit would fund post-secondary education or technical training for war veterans if a Liberal government were elected, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff announced April 4.

With an investment of $120 million over two years, the veterans’ learning benefit would provide full funding for tuition, books, housing and living expenses for up to four years of education or training, according to a Liberal press release.

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff has proposed $1 billion  in financial grants to high school students who plan to go to post-secondary institutions.

The program, named the Canadian Learning Passport, “will be a powerful tool for reducing barriers to attending college and university, and increasing the flow of highly skilled workers into the Canadian economy,” Ignatieff announced March 29. “The message we will give to every one of our kids is, ‘If you have the grades, you get to go.’”

The 2011 release of the Ontario Budget by the McGuinty government is getting mixed reactions from students and faculty in the province.

According to a press release from the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario (CFS-O), the new budget dedicates $309 million to expand enrolment by 60,000 new students by 2015.  

University of Waterloo police have a description of a suspect they believe has been hanging posters and sending other forms of media around the university that are targeting women, according to Waterloo University Police.

When it comes to voting in Canada, a lot of people see it as an issue between red or blue, a fight between the Liberals and the Conservatives.