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Canada looks to Erasmus+ for expanded study-abroad opportunities

CTV News examines the education side of closer EU ties, with Carney saying negotiations on greater participation will begin.

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Canadian students could gain more opportunities to study in Europe under plans to expand Canada's participation in Erasmus+, CTV News reports. But the step announced in the broadcast is the beginning of negotiations, not a completed expansion.

"We'll begin negotiations to expand our participation in Erasmus Plus," Prime Minister Mark Carney says in the report by Michael Serapio. The education segment starts just over four minutes into the full CTV National News broadcast, following its opening coverage of Canada-U.S. trade talks.

Erasmus+ supports education, training, youth and sport, with student exchanges among its best-known activities. That makes it a practical part of the broader Canada-EU relationship for students considering time abroad. The announcement concerns participation in that program, rather than Canadian accession to the European Union.

Serapio's report includes Larissa Bezo of the Canadian Bureau for International Education and former Canadian ambassador to the EU Jeremy Kinsman. Kinsman offers an emphatic endorsement: "Erasmus Plus is one of the greatest programs internationally I've ever seen." For students, the central question is what expanded Canadian participation would make accessible once negotiations produce terms.

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