I think we all agree that infrastructure is important. The economic update had $1 billion for infrastructure, which was matched in the budget, but all the rest of it, which totalled some many billions of dollars, specifically for access for Canadians most in need, seems to be gone.
I've always been a fan of the dedicated transfer. You're asking for the dedicated transfer. You're also suggesting that the federal government does have a role in needs-based grants. My question on the transfer has become that it doesn't close the gap in my fiscal imbalance, which is between Alberta and Nova Scotia. I think that's the real fiscal imbalance in Canada. If the money goes out in a dedicated transfer, either on a per capita basis or even on a per student basis, which would help Nova Scotia.... I think Acadia and some other universities in Nova Scotia, where the tuition is close to $8,000 a year, are members of CASA. Isn't there a bigger role for the federal government to go directly to students, especially those most in need, so that we can, as an earlier panellist said, maximize the human potential of all Canadians?