Well, as I was saying earlier, I think the problem with tax credits, as we've seen today in the report from the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation, is, in fact, that the person who is trying to go to school in September doesn't get the help they need when they need it to pay their tuition. Getting a tax credit eight months later doesn't do it, especially an $80 tax credit, which isn't much toward the cost of books these days.
I hope the government will in fact decide that it should move forward. As colleagues will know, the Speaker has ruled that this requires a royal recommendation. There's been no indication from the government that it intends to give that royal recommendation. Still, I'm going to remain hopeful on that and hope the government will change its mind. Because I see this as something that would benefit Canadians. If all parties decided that it makes sense to do it, why not move forward and do it?
Really, in terms of access, it's important. You talked about the cost of education those many, many decades after I was there, and of course after you were there--young fellow. But it is high in Nova Scotia. It's not just a problem in our province; it's all across the country and in many places. Many students face the challenge of paying for tuition. Quebec, for example, has the benefit of having a freeze on tuition. It may still be a challenge for some, but not for others.
Across the country, generally, it remains a big problem. Access doesn't just mean that you put in ramps and so forth for people with disabilities. It also means that you help students who are low-income or who have disabilities to get access and pay the tuition. That's what we're talking about here. I think it's obvious that there's a need for it.