116 – Should the Grade 10 Career Studies Course Include Financial Literacy?

Does financial literacy belong in high schools? This question is surfacing more and more as Canadians dig themselves further into debt. Today's guest is Prakash Amarasooriya, a member of the Toronto Youth Cabinet who recently launched a petition urging the Ontario Ministry of Education to beef up their Grade 10 career studies course to include basic financial skills like budgeting. Within less than a month the petition was signed by nearly 900 supporters.

What should be taught?  Will it have an impact?

That’s today’s topic on Debt Free in 30.