Mr. Speaker, the sixth annual ranking of universities in Canada by Maclean's once again confirmed the excellence of the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. The University of Waterloo ranked first among all Canadian universities. It was judged the best overall university, the most innovative university and in producing the most leaders of tomorrow.
Wilfrid Laurier University finished first in the primarily undergraduate category in the proportion of students who entered university with an average of 75 per cent or better and in the proportion of students who graduate.
I congratulate the two universities in Waterloo, while being acutely aware that post-secondary institutions in Canada are under stress due mainly to diminishing financial resources. Funding for our post-secondary institutions has to be a national priority viewed as an investment in our collective future as a nation.