Mr. Speaker, the results of the third international mathematics and sciences survey, conducted by the International Association for Educational Assessment, show Quebec's primary and secondary school students right up there with the best internationally in mathematics and sciences.
On average, students from Quebec ranked considerably higher in mathematics than students from the rest of Canada. What is more, Quebec stood fifth among the 45 countries taking part. This is proof indeed that the curriculums now being used in Quebec are adapted to the modern academic world.
With results like these, we can only imagine what will be within our reach when we have all the tools of a sovereign nation and no longer have to beg the federal government to stop interfering in provincial jurisdictions.
Let's hear it for the students and their teachers, and above all for Quebec's public school system.