Mr. Speaker, I mentioned a few examples, but let me give more examples of how this $1 billion could have been used.
It could have been used to increase the post-secondary student support program funding to provide every first nations student who wanted to go to school with the funds to do so. It could have provided a $1,000 grant to 250,000 students for each year of their undergraduate degree. We could have reduced the student loan interest rate down to the government cost of borrowing.
I mentioned some of the other ones. How about forgiving the total student debt for 56,000 Canadian students? There are a lot of things.
On the disability side, the government with much fanfare has put $45 million more into enabling accessibility. It is a program that has been politically butchered by the government. The $45 million over two years to enhance buildings to make them accessible could have been multiplied by 20, 22 or 23 times to make a huge difference in this country.
We have to look at how that money could have been better spent. I think our constituents are demanding that we do that. It is the right thing to do.