In fact, what we mean is that the money should go to the provinces so that they can manage it in accordance with their priorities. In the rest of Canada, tuition fees are higher than in Quebec. What does that cause? To help students, the government will put in place programs like the Canada Student Loan Program or the Canada Education Savings Grant. Consequently, the provinces that charge high tuition fees will benefit much more from those programs than provinces that choose to maintain lower tuition fees.
The provinces that choose to use resources to guarantee accessibility will be put at a disadvantage because those that receive the most money from those programs will be, on the contrary, the ones that have decided to reduce accessibility by charging high fees. We would like the provinces to be able to use the amounts as they see fit.
Canada has a system for providing financial assistance for education which has been aware of the actual situation in the field since the 1960s. That system is much more honed than a program such as the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation, which was established about 10 years ago. We think Quebec organizations are much more capable of managing the money and distributing it to students in a fair and efficient manner.
We want the money to be transferred to the provinces through a dedicated transfer. I stated the benefits of that transfer earlier. It also clearly shows the federal contribution and that of the province. We can know which level is doing its work in the education field and which one is not. Consequently, the provinces can use the funds in the way they consider most effective for their education sector.