Yes. I recognize that the linkage between my comments and federal public policy was perhaps not as clear as we would wish. I do appreciate that.
If I had one thing, it would be using federal public policy to influence education. I think that would be it, because frankly, that's the great leveller. I was very fortunate at an early age to do part of my undergraduate degree in Japan. I went to school with 90 foreign students from around the world, representing 36 countries, and it was amazing how similar we were. It taught me at a very early age that education is the great leveller.
I do worry—at least from what I've seen in B.C., and I think I hear this in other jurisdictions where I go—that our education system is not keeping up with what we need it to do. There's no country on earth that has more opportunity to participate in this new world economic order, from my perspective, than Canada. It's not just about the riches of our mineral wealth; it's the riches of our people and the cultural diversity and the tolerance we bring to the table. I just worry that we're not giving our children a broad enough exposure to these cultures of the new world.
It's not that the old world isn't important, but this new world is taking on an increasing importance. If the federal government could think about that, it would benefit all of our children.