Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question from the member for Richelieu because it gives me an opportunity to clarify something.
When I said I believe strongly in the importance of the federal government, because of its national view, to be engaged with individual Canadians and their communities, this does not mean the provinces do not have a very strong and important place in that partnership.
As the member suggested, it was an evolution of a federal government through the coming together of the provinces over the generations. However, the federal government was created for a purpose. The provinces clearly saw that it was important to have a national view.
I will take issue with the millennium fund. This fund is in no way interference with the provincial jurisdictions over education. The millennium fund will put much needed money in the hands of students who will themselves choose to apply to a particular college or university for their—