Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a new emergency benefit for students whose education and job prospects are disrupted by COVID-19.

He says a $1,250 monthly payment is coming for post-secondary students, running through August, to make up for lost work and cut hours.

The benefit can increase to $1,750 for people with disabilities or who care for others.

Trudeau also says students volunteering in their communities will soon be eligible to receive a grant between $1,000 and $5,000 to put towards their education, depending on their hours.

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These benefits are intended to target support at young people who have fallen through the cracks of other emergency relief programs.

Trudeau says these measures and others, such as increased education grants and an expanded government-supported job program, will total $9 billion.

The prime minister also announced the federal government is doubling student grants for eligible students — up to $6,000 for full-time students and up to $3,600 for part-time students.

Other measures announced for students today include:

• Raising the maximum weekly amount that can be provided through the Canada student loans program in 2020-2021 to $350 from $210.
• More than $75 million in additional supports for Indigenous post-secondary students.
• Another $291 million for federal granting councils to extend expiring federal graduate research scholarships and post-doctoral fellowships and supplement existing federal research grants.

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