Finance committee  Yes, I do find that to be an interesting option. In terms of the strings that would be attached, the reason students are asking for this is that when you look at the broad scope of post-secondary education that's happening in different jurisdictions across Canada, it appears rath

Finance committee  I'm not suggesting that the government create multiple foundations to administer student aid throughout the country. I'm suggesting that the Millennium Scholarship Foundation is a good start in terms of targeted grants, but the numbers show that equality of access still is not th

Finance committee  It's hard to criticize the millennium scholarship endowment fund. I can comment later on some of the contentious issues swirling around there, but when the government dedicates hundreds of millions of dollars a year to targeted student financial aid for 10 years, that's something

Finance committee  The discrepancy is just that there's not as wide a consensus as you might believe on the numbers in terms of what was cut 10 years ago, and it's quite a large ask, so I don't think it has to be too specific. The point is that billions and billions of dollars were taken from the p

Finance committee  That's correct, yes.

Finance committee  Thank you. I will hold throughout my presentation that investments made in post-secondary education produce all-round benefits to society and democracy, and that global competition is an incredibly narrow view of what investments in post-secondary education can do for Canada. Bu