It's funny. I knew this question was going to be asked. On every finance committee I've ever appeared before there's always this question between funding or access, reduced fees. Sadly, I'm going to tell you that in fact there cannot be a choice between the two.
Federal funding is necessary to improve the quality of our institutions. At the same time, reducing those upfront barriers or providing grants and reducing upfront tuition fees is necessary to ensure that we have access. So there'd be really no point to have high-quality institutions that are inaccessible to most Canadians or low-quality--