"As Canadian consumers waded deeper into debt during the so-called Great Recession, the federal government decided it was time to boost financial literacy, a life lesson many Canadians missed before their balances plunged deep into the red.” – The Canadian Press

Stephen Ashworth, Vice President of Education for JA Canada, speaks to Sunny Freeman at The Canadian Press about youth Financial Literacy and how Canadian students have had very little exposure to managing their future and budgeting. JA Canada is sharing ideas from its financial planning seminars, offered in classrooms across the country, with Flaherty's task force.

Click the links below for the full article:

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Money/100107/J010704AU.html

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/finance/80950952.html?viewAllComments=y

http://money.canoe.ca/PersonalFinance/2010/01/07/pf-12384326.html

http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/07012010/2/biz-finance-generation-debt-set-learn-hard-financial-lessons-imparted.html