Mr. Speaker, actually, I quoted from the Canadian Federation of Students which stated on February 26:
By implementing a national system of grants, the government has responded to a long standing call by students and their families...
The new system ensures that the money will go directly into the pockets of students who need it most.
This government is committed to ensuring that Canada has the best educated, most skilled, most flexible workforce in the world. That is why we committed in budget 2008 to an investment of $3.2 billion in post-secondary education through the Canada social transfer. I want to point out to my hon. friend that this is a 40% increase over the Liberal funding levels. The increase stands in stark contrast to the $25 billion that the previous Liberal government cut from the provinces in the 1990s.
The new Canada student grant program will provide more money for more students for more years of study than the failed Liberal approach.