VICTORIA – NDP leadership candidate Adrian Dix wants to restore a minimum tax on financial institutions in B.C. and use part of the proceeds to restore a grant program for post-secondary students.
Dix also wants to eliminate interest on student loans, which he estimates would cost $30 million, in addition to $18 million annually for grants that used to form part of the financial aid offered to qualifying students.
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