Obviously students see it from a different point of view than sometimes institutions do, but clearly some of the points you mentioned were purely university funds. The high-end research, we don't even get 1% of that money as colleges, so that doesn't have a great influence.
We think there is a need for the federal government to get involved, certainly working with HRSDC and others. It's very difficult to get literacy training going. Apprenticeship needs a major shot in the arm to get things going.
We've raised tuition fees in Ontario for students 150%. They are being asked to pay a lot of the burdens. The money is not being transferred to the institutions. If money is going to provincial governments, I don't think we can say we see a direct transfer of those funds to the institution where the operational effects take place.
We are not competitive in the national scene. We are not competitive in the international scene as institutions.
I think the number one issue for Canada is going to be labour, and if we don't have the labour growth, industries are not going to be able to staff their positions.