Enhancing access to the Canada Learning Bond
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Topic: Research and evaluation
Publisher: ESDC - Employment and Social Development Canada
Location: Canada
Format: Report
Content Type: Research
Publication Date: December 2, 2016
Topic: Research and evaluation
Publisher: ESDC - Employment and Social Development Canada
Location: Canada
Format: Report
Content Type: Research
Publication Date: December 2, 2016
This discussion paper responds to a request from ESDC to develop options for reforms to the Canada Education Savings Program and, more specifically to improve access to the Canada Learning Bond. It reviews individual and institutional challenges to participation in the current system and consider three approaches for reform. It presents a case study of the United Kingdom’s Child Trust Fund, which included an auto-enrolment default mechanism. It concludes that the model used in the UK is not suitable for Canada and instead make a series of recommendations for both incremental and more ambitious reforms to fulfill the Government’s commitment to improve access to the Bond.
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