Mr. Speaker, as the member knows I have been very interested in education over the years. There was a small mention in the budget speech about students. If I remember correctly, more loans would be made available to students, including refugee students, and they would also have a special bursary or scholarship program for graduate degrees.
It seems to me that the people who are left out of this whole equation are thousands of rank and file students seeking their first or second bachelor degree in order to get a job. They are still facing tremendously high costs for books and ever increasing tremendously high tuition costs. In fact, I noticed from those universities that I have become aware of that the maximum permitted increases in tuition would be put into place this coming fall. So the hardships for these students is increasing instead of decreasing. This particular budget has totally failed to address the real questions and problems that are faced by these students.
Would the member concur with me in that assessment? Would he have any other ideas on how this problem could be addressed?