In its 2025 pre-budget submission, CAUT called on the federal government to make post-secondary education more affordable by increasing the maximum Canada Student Grant to $7,000.

CAUT also urged the federal government to improve the quality and accessibility of post-secondary education in Canada by:

• Providing an additional $650 million annually to close the gap in Indigenous post-secondary educational attainment and support through the Post-Secondary Student Support Program
• Allocating $50 million to increase data collection on post-secondary education to enhance transparency for students and support evidence-based decision-making
• Increasing federal research funding with a focus on investigator-led research