Thank you very much.
I want to go back to the Canadian Council on Learning because I have a bit of a theory. I don't have time to ask a lot of questions, but I want to test this theory on you, Minister.
Don Drummond said it's a “valuable service”. An official at the University of Alberta said that it's a “terrible, short-sighted action” to kill CCL. The secretary-general of the OECD pledged his personal support for CCL. The president of CASA , CAUT professors, the provinces, university presidents, community college presidents, many people in industry, and a lot of people in labour all looked to CCL, and they've said that it's exactly what Canada needs; we need some surveillance on what we're doing.
We spend all kinds of money on post-secondary education and other forms of education, and CCL is a pittance to organize; this is one of the most cost-effective programs that the Government of Canada has come forward with. It's unbelievable that this government would refuse to go forward with it. It is one of the most economical investments the government could possibly make, and seemingly agreed to unanimously.
So I have this theory. I think many of the officials in this room... I know that when you come here you travel with a large party. I think a lot of the people in this room have probably told you that we should keep CCL. I think a lot of them know that CCL does good work. I think it was purely a political decision that was made by you, and perhaps your colleagues, to cancel CCL because it committed two sins: it was a Liberal program and it worked. What do you think of that?