The auditor general, as my colleague says, agrees with me. It is funny. We accountants have a strange way of accounting. If we spend it, it goes on the books in the year we spend it. If we do not spend it, it does not go on the books.
This government seems to think that it can announce something which it will spend in the future, which is considered a contingent liability, but charge it to last year's books to reduce the surplus. That is exactly what it did.
Let us talk about the millennium fund for a moment. It is a scholarship, like I said before. It is given to those with the highest academic performance. It is not given to those who have financial need.
Ask any of these students who are sitting around in this place. They know what I am talking about. There is not a student in a school district in this country with the very highest of GPA upon graduation who does not get a scholarship.
I question what this government is really looking for. If this government is truly interested in helping young people, perhaps it should consider putting more money into the pockets of their parents who can then give it to their children, just like I would do and just like I have done. It would be much more appreciated.