Dr. Reid, to that point, the Fraser Mustard and Margaret McCain studies on this would bear that out, that the economic return for investment in early learning—particularly for children in high-risk situations—is probably the greatest area of return, in terms of investment in education.
Mr. Muzyka, you're experienced both in higher education and now with a think tank. You agree with this as well.
Is there a risk, Mr. Boadway, that we'll see a gap in the provinces' capacity to afford things like early learning and education, with the balkanization in the Canadian economy and the deeper divides, fiscally, between provinces in terms of capacity?
If we agree that it's important, is there a risk that inequality of opportunity among provinces is going to grow?