A very short answer, Mr. Chair? Okay.
I'll give you an example. Native friendship centres are an important part of our communities. I did my undergraduate studies at the University of Northern British Columbia. Along Fifth Avenue or something like that is the largest native friendship centre in, I think, the country. Aboriginals living in northern and remote communities in British Columbia, who in some cases are escaping some pretty desperate situations, are coming to the University of Northern British Columbia and getting their first crack at post-secondary education. They might go to the College of New Caledonia and then move on to the University of Northern B.C. This is their first shot at it.
So they come from pretty desperate economic straits, and they need that support. The first nations friendship centre in Prince George is a fantastic place. Everybody loves it. It gives first nations students who are getting their first shot at post-secondary education a place to stay that's affordable. They can go to school with people from their aboriginal communities, people coming in to the east from the Nass Valley and elsewhere. These native friendship centres, which we are supporting—I think it's a $114-million program to support these native friendship centres—has really helped a lot of first nations people go to university, move forward, and have more choice in how they want to live their lives.
People often ask me--I'll be a bit partisan here--why I'm a Conservative. I believe in making decisions that allow people more power, influence, and control on how they choose to live their lives. And these kinds of investments do that.