All right.
Mr. Nylander, I notice that you do have your colleague Mark Frison, a good Nova Scotian, living in Swift Current now. Last year, when we had our national Liberal caucus meeting in Regina, we had a panel on post-secondary education. It was a very good panel, and Mr. Frison was a strong contributor to that, as one would expect from any Nova Scotian.
I want to ask you a couple of questions. I really liked your presentation. We don't have it; I guess it may be in translation. I want to talk specifically about the issue of access, first of all, because you've addressed access.
As we've heard from witnesses in Ottawa and as we've travelled western Canada, we've heard a lot of people from colleges and universities, students' groups, and faculty associations talk about the need for a dedicated transfer. In principle, a lot of people support that, including me, but that gets into the issue of how much money there actually is for post-secondary education.
I thought you specifically zoned in on access, which I agree with. I think it's a big, big issue. You mentioned the aboriginal community, which is large, and you talked about low-income families. I would also add persons with disabilities as people who tend to be shut out of post-secondary education.
You made the statement that “full participation in post-secondary education [should be] a national pre-occupation.” I agree with that. My question to you is, would you be supportive of more direct support from the federal government to help students get into universities and colleges to upgrade their skills, or would you prefer to see the money go to the provinces and let them handle it?