Mr. Speaker, I have listened with care to the member for Vancouver Quadra. It is unfortunate that he did not listen with the same care to the members of his own party in British Columbia who voted overwhelmingly this past weekend at their convention, the BC federal Liberal Party convention, to urge the government to provide funding.
I will put a very specific question to the member. He has an opportunity now to stand up and be counted on this issue, to stand up for his constituents. He does represent UBC.
I suggest with respect that the member is misleading this House. I am sure it is inadvertent. He is misleading this House when he says that the commission has the discretion to use the funding it has been given, including the $650,000, to fund legal assistance for the students. He talked about various legal opinions. However, the member for Vancouver Quadra did not talk about the fact that Madam Justice Barbara Reed of the Federal Court of Canada specifically said that the commission has no jurisdiction to provide one cent of funding for those students. I quote from the commission—