Tips: Separate the speaker's own plan from what other people call for.

Why the other options are wrong:

• reach every student, once all provinces agree on one standard.: Some people call for one national standard. The speaker rejects a one-size-fits-all mandate and wants provinces to have flexibility.
• reach every student, starting with provinces that already require it.: Manitoba and Nova Scotia already require training. The speaker never says other provinces should follow them first.
• reach every student, starting in cities and reaching rural areas later.: The speaker never suggests making rural schools wait. The speaker wants rural and Northern schools funded properly.

Correct Answer: trained students were more likely to step in years later.

Why this is correct: The study found trained students were 3.7 times more likely to intervene in an emergency five years later. So the training had a lasting effect.

Tips: When a study is mentioned, listen for who was studied and when.

Why the other options are wrong:

• trained students were less likely to freeze than adults.: Adults freezing comes from Dr. Patel, not from the study. The study compared trained and untrained students.
• trained students helped double survival rates in their towns.: Doubling survival comes from the Heart and Stroke figures about bystander CPR. The study did not measure survival in towns.
• trained students were more likely to step in within months.: The study looked at students five years later, not after a few months.

Correct Answer: training could start without culturally appropriate supports.

Why this is correct: Indigenous educators worry about introducing emergency training without culturally appropriate supports. Some communities already carry heavy trauma from poor healthcare access.

Tips: Match each worry to the group that raises it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• graphic scenarios could upset students who have lost a loved one.: Upsetting students who have lost a loved one is the counsellors' worry. The Indigenous educators talk about cultural supports.
• their schools lack certified instructors and practice equipment.: Missing instructors and equipment is a problem for many rural and Northern schools. It is not what these educators say.
• a national plan would ignore the provinces that already teach it.: Provinces that already require training are mentioned in the introduction. Nobody says a national plan would ignore them.

Correct Answer: Their chance of getting first aid training changes by province.

Why this is correct: Some provinces, like Manitoba and Nova Scotia, require emergency training before graduation. Others leave it optional, so training changes with where a student lives.

Tips: Think about what a fact tells you about people's lives, even when the speaker does not say it directly.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Most of them must finish first aid training before they graduate.: Only several provinces require training, and others leave it optional. So we cannot say most students must take it.
• Most of them already learn CPR in their science classes.: Science classes come up only in the Thunder Bay example, where the school lacks equipment. Nobody says students learn CPR there.
• Students in Manitoba get more training than those in Nova Scotia.: Manitoba and Nova Scotia are named together as provinces that require training. The report does not compare them.

Correct Answer: respectful, and treats the concerns as real and serious.

Why this is correct: The speaker calls the educators' concerns valid. The speaker also says ignoring them could do more harm than good.

Tips: Listen to how the speaker describes other people's views, not only to what those views are.

Why the other options are wrong:

• respectful, but treats the concerns as fairly minor.: The speaker does not treat the concerns as minor. The speaker says ignoring them could do more harm than good.
• worried, and treats the concerns as reasons to give up.: The speaker does not give up. The speaker still wants universal access through a phased approach.
• doubtful, and treats the concerns as exaggerated.: The speaker calls the concerns valid. Nothing suggests the speaker thinks they are exaggerated.

Correct Answer: could make them more confident in a real emergency.

Why this is correct: Dr. Patel says adults freeze because they have never practised. Teaching these skills to teenagers could build more confident first responders.

Tips: Listen for the reason a speaker gives, and for what the speaker says is not the reason.

Why the other options are wrong:

• could make them care more about helping strangers.: Dr. Patel says people freeze not because they don't care. Caring is not the problem she describes.
• should be repeated every five years to keep skills fresh.: Five years comes from the Dalhousie study. Nobody says training should be repeated every five years.
• could double the survival rate of the people they help.: Doubling survival comes from the Heart and Stroke figures about bystander CPR. Dr. Patel talks about confidence, not survival rates.