Mr. Speaker, we believe that one of Canada's top priority is to prepare our young people to face the challenges of the 21st century.
Since we got our finances in better shape than anticipated for the year 1997-98, we decided to set some money aside to create the millennium fund, so that young Canadians, including Quebeckers, can attend the universities administered by provincial governments and thus prepare themselves to take their place in the 21st century.