Mr. Speaker, first of all, this is a motion; it is not legislation. It is important to distinguish between the two. The motion provides the vehicle and flexibility to do that. It would not trample on provincial rights. It provides a direct policy for the government to change where the funding comes from with regard to high-income earners and allows for a system to be put in place. From there, it is up to the government to craft the way it wants to do it, which is similar to how we deliver health care to all the provinces. The motion does not specifically assign this.
To use the jurisdictional barrier issue to vote the motion down is really unfortunate and sad. It really shows us that there is always an excuse to go against the poor, children and young people when there is no political will. There would be no jurisdictional trampling at all through this process.