It is difficult to answer that question. Determining who runs a student loan program is really a political matter.
I feel that ESDC could benefit from more information in order to understand why borrowers in the repayment assistance plan are not paying their loans back. It would involve doing a more in-depth evaluation of the program, as well as the way in which it interacts with the Canada education savings program.
Regardless of whether the assistance comes from a province or from the federal government, the goal is to increase the number of students in Canada. Deciding which level of government it should come from is really a political matter. I will leave that decision to those in Parliament.