Mr. Speaker, the first time I have ever been in a agreement with the hon. chief of the opposition is when he said there were so many reasons to leave the past government. The only question I have in return is why did he leave it so late?
I said in my answer to the previous question that we clearly have stated we will continue the transfer payments based on the formula in place now.
What we want to do, and this is why we are simply putting a proposal out for serious discussion and debate, is to find a formula that will add an additional $10 billion over the next 10 years, an additional $10 billion that can be used to provide further access for students who cannot get there now.
There are a quarter million Canadians in today's workforce who want to go back to college and university. We have to find a way of funding them. We have to find a way of improving the spaces, the facilities and the services.
That is the reason we have to find more money for the system and we want to do it on the basis of finding a fair allocation between government, the private sector and the students.