Mr. Speaker, several people have commented today it is a shame that students should be going so far in debt while they are pursuing a university education. However I point out that when they go into debt they are the ones who are getting the education. They will be the ones earning the income and therefore they should be responsible for paying it back.
I put to the hon. member who has just spoken that contrarily the part of the bill that would allow for outright grants to go to members of society in essence forces people like me and people working at fast food restaurants or driving cabs to pay through taxes for the university education of people who quite conceivably could have extremely good careers, make a tremendous amount of money, but never have to pay for a big part of their education.
Would the hon. member comment on the fairness of that type of system?