I'd like to reply specifically to Mr. Brison's question, and to the earlier one on the whole notion of equality of opportunity.
There isn't a sane adult in Canada, whatever the ideological perspective, I think, who would be against equality of opportunity. For me, the serious debate, though, is between those who see a link between equality of opportunity and substantive equality and those who don't. The evidence is I think very clear, whether it looks at the work of Wilkinson and Pickett, and I'm sure the committee is familiar with that work, The Spirit Level, or Joe Stiglitz, a Nobel prize winner who has written on inequality.
The clear point I would make, but I won't elaborate because of the time, is that it becomes almost meaningless to talk about equality of opportunity—and the data supports this—unless you narrow the gaps. If kids growing up don't have adequate housing, if they don't have early education opportunities, as upper-income people do for their kids in many countries, the beginning in life with serious inequality undermines the notion of equality of opportunity. I'll just make that point and pass over to Scott's question.
I think increasing the allocation of funds for pre-school learning, pre-school opportunities for children, is of fundamental importance. And to make a non-partisan comment, I think the Government of Ontario and its initiatives recently in trying to deal with that issue are very progressive.
So beginning with pre-school children, with a lot of emphasis...again, I think the evidence around the world is that it's a very important initiative to take.