{"id":3271397,"date":"2023-11-07T14:55:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T18:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3271397"},"modified":"2023-11-07T14:55:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T18:55:58","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-brandon-amyot-action-on-the-burden-of-student-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-brandon-amyot-action-on-the-burden-of-student-debt","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Brandon Amyot (Action on the burden of student debt)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3271399\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-brandon-amyot-action-on-the-burden-of-student-debt\/attachment\/lunchbox2023studentdebtcfs\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2023StudentDebtCFS.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunchbox2023StudentDebtCFS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2023StudentDebtCFS-800x800.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2023StudentDebtCFS-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3271399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2023StudentDebtCFS-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2023StudentDebtCFS-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2023StudentDebtCFS-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2023StudentDebtCFS-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2023StudentDebtCFS.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Student life can be difficult &#8212; and expensive. Shouldn&#8217;t we look to make that easier?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My guest today is <strong>Brandon Amyot<\/strong>, who is the Interim National Chairperson for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfs-fcee.ca\/\">Canadian Federation of Students<\/a>. They are calling for a national day of action on November 8 to protest against ever-increasing student debt load, insufficient financial supports for students and universities, and the overloading of international student fees. We discussed some of the ways that governments (both federal and provincial) can contribute to one of the most crucial of opportunities for citizens: post-secondary education.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3559\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2023-11-03%20Brandon%20Amyot%20-%20National%20Day%20of%20Action.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3559','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2023-11-03%20Brandon%20Amyot%20-%20National%20Day%20of%20Action.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2023-11-03%20Brandon%20Amyot%20-%20National%20Day%20of%20Action.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3271397-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2023-11-03%20Brandon%20Amyot%20-%20National%20Day%20of%20Action.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2023-11-03%20Brandon%20Amyot%20-%20National%20Day%20of%20Action.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guest today is Brandon Amyot, who is the Interim National Chairperson for the Canadian Federation of Students. They are calling for a national day of action on November 8 to protest against ever-increasing student debt load, insufficient financial supports for students and universities, and the overloading of international student fees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3560\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2023-11-03%20Brandon%20Amyot%20-%20National%20Day%20of%20Action.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3560','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2023-11-03%20Brandon%20Amyot%20-%20National%20Day%20of%20Action.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2023-11-03%20Brandon%20Amyot%20-%20National%20Day%20of%20Action.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3271397-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2023-11-03%20Brandon%20Amyot%20-%20National%20Day%20of%20Action.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2023-11-03%20Brandon%20Amyot%20-%20National%20Day%20of%20Action.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-brandon-amyot-action-on-the-burden-of-student-debt\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3271399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[13270,13274,1957,13272,13271,491,13273,1765,1954],"class_list":["post-3271397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-cost","tag-day-of-action","tag-education","tag-finances","tag-financial-support","tag-interview","tag-protest","tag-students","tag-university"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2023StudentDebtCFS.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3271397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3271397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3271397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3271400,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3271397\/revisions\/3271400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3271399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3271397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3271397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3271397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}