Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I agree with Mr. Genuis. This is something that we absolutely do need to start and that we need to get done sooner rather than later. I think his recommendation of doing it until the end of August shows that we are serious about doing this. Quite frankly, I think students need to hear that their government actually understands and acknowledges that there is a problem. Saying that we can kick this down the road and wait until September to hash this out doesn't tell them that we're taking it with the urgency that they are telling us, very clearly—or at least that they were telling me in Fort McMurray—Cold Lake—was their priority.
I think that many of these students are making hard decisions. Can they actually go on to post-secondary studies? What is their fall going to look like? They're picking their classes right now, and they're making these decisions. If they can see that we are working on this, and hopefully they have a plan, then we can give them hope. Saying, “No, this isn't our priority. We're going to wait till September to see what this looks like” is not giving them that hope.