Mr. Coon: This spring, I was just flabbergasted, frankly, when I discovered that I was responsible for recommending SEED grants for nonprofit organizations needing to hire summer students in my riding. I cannot understand for the life of me why this selection process is not conducted by the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour. Perhaps the Minister of Post-Secondary […]
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Mr. Coon: This spring, I was just flabbergasted, frankly, when I discovered that I was responsible for recommending SEED grants for nonprofit organizations needing to hire summer students in my riding. I cannot understand for the life of me why this selection process is not conducted by the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour. Perhaps the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, […]
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Mr. Coon: As the Minister of Education well knows, the rate of autism has been increasing by leaps and bounds but our services have not been keeping up. While we have a very effective Early Intervention Program for preschoolers, the average age of diagnosis for autism for children who are not severely autistic is age 8, while they are in […]
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Mental Health Mr. Coon: According to the research referenced in a series on mental health being carried in the Globe and Mail this week, one in five young Canadians aged 9 to 19 is living with mental illness. That means that somewhere around 17 000 of our youth and children in this province are facing these challenges, and as many as three quarters […]
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