Stephen McNeil: Student Loans

student loans: McNeil said his Liberal party thinks it is wrong to charge students interest on loans to further their post-secondary education, so he wants to eliminate interest at a cost of about $2.5 million a year to the government, according to CTV. "A new Liberal government will help alleviate part of that burden," he said and HALIFAX -- The leaders of the NDP and the Liberals focused their election campaigns on young voters Tuesday in Nova Scotia, with Darrell Dexter trumpeting a tax credit his government gave to small business as a job creator and Stephen McNeil promising to remove interest on student loans from the province. McNeil, who made his announcement at a coffee shop near the campus of Dalhousie University in Halifax, said the average student in Nova Scotia graduates with more than $30,000 in loans. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.