Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the hon. member for London North Centre. We are in favour of Bill C-316 and it is unanimously that the members of the Bloc Quebecois hail the initiative of the hon. member for London North Centre.
We must indeed support our young people, as our hon. colleague said. But that is what we, in Quebec, have been doing since 1964. At the time, the Prime Minister Pearson and Premier Lesage agreed on the transfer of powers over 24 areas to Quebec. One of these areas of responsibility was education.
In 1964, we immediately set out to develop in Quebec one of the best education systems and a grants and bursaries system second to none in the world today. We are very proud of this system.
That is why we furious and prepared to fight with all we have got to keep the federal government from laying even a finger on our school system. The Government of Quebec should be able to opt out of the millennium scholarship program with full compensation.
When the people across the way do things that we find are good, and they do, I make a point of acknowledging them.
Again, I want to tell our colleague from London North Centre that he can count on our support. We will be voting in favour of this bill.