In terms of the idea of sharing responsibilities, I absolutely do favour the idea that there needs to be a sharing of responsibilities, especially for something as important as post-secondary education, which does affect all of Canada's economy. Obviously, there are different implications for trained skilled workers in different provinces, but overall the necessity for a skilled and educated populace is a concern for the entire country, not just for specific provinces. There needs to be a shared responsibility. And I think that until this point there has been a shared responsibility, but it just hasn't been as strong as it needs to be from the federal government's perspective.
On May 29th, 2007. See this statement in context.