Our position is not that the federal government usurp the power from the provincial governments. Our position is just that the federal government cooperate with the provinces, with the provincial premiers, to come up with a joint strategy for post-secondary education. It's not fair that students in Nova Scotia pay the highest tuition fees while students in Manitoba pay the third-lowest tuition fees. There needs to be a joint strategy across the country, much like the provinces and the federal government came together to do around health care. This issue is that important to Canadians, so there needs to be a joint strategy. We're not talking about the federal government coming in and imposing and usurping the power of provinces, but that there be conditions that are mutually agreed upon by the premiers and the federal government with regard to access, with regard to money.
On September 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.