First off, it's important to acknowledge that in Canada post-secondary education is an issue of provincial jurisdiction, and we recognize that. The federal government plays a strong role in funding universities—$2 billion in tax credit supports each year—so there's a reality around how the government is already participating in post-secondary education.
Regarding your question of whether it would be better to invest that money directly in transfers, which I think is your point, yes, certainly. We've called for a dedicated transfer. We've acknowledge the special conditions in Quebec. In renegotiating Millennium or some other program, those arrangements can be made because it's a program that negotiates independently with the provinces. So we think it's a good example of effective federalism.
As for your point about whether a lot of those tax credits would be better spent as transfers to the provinces, yes. We're talking about just reallocating that to front-end supports. Certainly transfers to the provinces, and the provinces' ability to then put that on the front end, is an important idea.