Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to what my colleague had to say. He and I have been on the same committee for a number of years.
I do understand it is the role of the opposition to oppose. I really admire people who do that effectively and fairly. In terms of opportunities for education, in which I know the hon. member is passionately interested, I realize, as does every member here, that the Government of Canada had to take $42 billion out of the system. I believe we had to do that, but I know other people believe we did not. We had to do it and we did it in as fair a way as we could.
Since then, in my view, in the area of post-secondary education, the colleges, universities and programs like that--