We're doing very well in the sense of the ASETS itself, where we've ranked the top 10 out of 85 holders in this country. We've ranked the top 10 for the last 15 years, and we're doing very well. Where the challenge lies, of course, is that we don't have child care, for example. There is no child care for us so we have to take whatever dollars we presently have and use that not just as a training investment to the private sector in our educational institutions, we have to use that also for child care. It diminishes the amount of dollars there. As pointed out earlier in the first question that was asked, there's never been an increase in this program, for several decades now. That's been a downfall. While everything else is increasing, the cost of living, etc., there's never been an increase. So it's been a massive challenge for that aspect of it.
I think, overall, there are so many different components that you'll see in our larger brief, where just the investment alone, both on the educational side and the employment side...how this country will benefit from the great rise in GDP in respect to the earnings and profits that'll come. It shows there, and I want to set out this point for everybody. We as Métis people paid $1.6 billion last year in taxes, so this is not a charity. This is our taxes that they've given back to us in some form or fashion. It's very important that's understood.
In general terms, it must also be noted—I would encourage every member around this table—this is one of the best programs that I've ever seen come out of Canada, and I've been in politics for a long time.