Mr. Speaker, my question is for the President of the Treasury Board.
He knows there is strong support across the country and in the Association and Universities and Colleges of Canada, the Canadian Association of University Teachers, the Canadian Federation of Students and the National Consortium of Scientific and Educational Societies for renewal of a federal infrastructure program that would earmark 20 per cent to upgrade labs, libraries, technology and other research and development infrastructures.
Will the minister agree to support this very important proposal that would both create jobs and meet the very serious need for academic infrastructure upgrading?