Finance committee  I have one comment. When you use a dedicated transfer, it can have different equations to it. One equation can be a base transfer, not based on population per se but on a series of criteria. Secondly, you could have a component that is clearly income support for students in need

Finance committee  I go back to the issue. Because the country is so diverse, being able to have the flexibility to target in on the special needs region by region or province by province really makes sense, but there has to be management on that. I did talk about setting goals, because when you ge

Finance committee  Could I make one observation on tuition? What I would ask the committee to look at is a shift from the increasing burden of the loan system to more targeted grant programs, so that you begin to target the students who really have needs. I think that's where the objectives should

Finance committee  I agree with that analysis, and that's why I think the universities and colleges have to be much more involved in a coherent strategy. We provide the resources to make public education work from K to 12. We provide the teachers, the research resources, the support systems. My ow

Finance committee  As a public institution, part of our mandate is to ensure that the recruitment load is equally shared. It really is a form of prevention strategy. In the cities and towns of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, if we don't provide an effective educational transmission, then we will have

Finance committee  I'd like to provide just one historical perspective and a couple of quick thoughts. First, as someone involved in the negotiations in 1995 on the Canada social transfer, I think we should understand one thing. We talk about restoring the transfer, and in fact it was restored, be

Finance committee  I'll make one suggestion. I think that because there is already a number of transfer programs--but as Emõke said, they are sort of fragmented--you'd have to consolidate them. And I would tie that to a very clear set of goals and achievements. I think what we're lacking in higher

Finance committee  Let me just give a quick response I think the universities and the colleges no longer are agencies of social mobility in the country. The number of students from low-income families across Canada, proportionately, going to higher education has not changed in 10 years. I think we

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I'm glad to be here with a distinguished panel of many of my colleagues in the field of higher education. And it's good to be back in front of the committee and to be in the garden spot of North America, here in your constituency. In the brief