Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out to the hon. member as I said in a response to an earlier question that the federal transfer accounts today for over 50 per cent of the cost of higher education in this country. The province of Ontario over the next 10 years will gain well over $1 billion in additional revenue as a result of federal transfer payments. If one looks down the road, the actual amount going to Ontario in terms of those additional revenues exceeds what presently goes in the combination of tax transfers and direct transfers.
Therefore the real question is: Is the Government of Ontario prepared to fully transfer and turn over to higher education the full benefit of those federal transfers or does it have another reason and another agenda?