Thanks, MP and Mr. Chair.
I think I was really using that example as a contrast piece to our government. We're investing in increased grants, in making sure that students have every opportunity to succeed, because we know that it's not just the right thing for that student and their family—this is, by the way, generational changing—it's also the right thing for our economy. If we don't have skilled, talented people in our communities, in our regions, in our provinces, in fact what we're going to see is economic decline. Employers will not be able to find the talent they need.
The changes that we've made to student financial assistance eligibility have made 46,000 more Canadians able to afford post-secondary education. The short-sighted politics of cutting education supports is just that: very short-sighted. One could argue that it's very unequal, but also, it's really bad economic policy.
Thanks, Mr. Chair.