Becoming a chiropractor is a significant financial burden. If a student is not able to get financial assistance through these national student loans, it becomes very cost-prohibitive to attend CMCC, even for a student here in Canada—in Toronto, for example. Our students are graduating with approximately $150,000 to $200,000 of debt, and that's significant. It's difficult. I would say it would be detrimental for the programs here as well.
With regard to not being in the public system, I'd love to to see a chiropractic program in some of the public universities. I'd like to be on record for that. I think it would be an excellent way to help with this resource problem that we're having. That's because—and I will say it again—the next issue that this country is going to face is disability. We have an unmet need for rehabilitation services in this country, and we need to work together to solve that.
