Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don't have a big problem with the bill we are discussing. As you are aware, Mr. Chairman, the Standing Committee on Finance has priorized education as the first priority of this government and I definitely

agree with that priorization. With regard to the Minister's comments earlier, Mr. Chairman, he said that he will be undertaking a review by March 31, 1995 to take a look at the student financial assistance.

I know there are various types of loans given out by the department. Some are forgivable and some are not. I know that is going to be reviewed, to see how we can improve assistance for students. But I wonder if the department would also consider situations I ran into earlier this year, where part-time students were not receiving financial assistance from the government because they weren't enrolled as full-time students. I wonder if the department will also be considering part-time students. Currently, the way the regulations are in the act, assistance available only to full-time students going to post-secondary schools.

We do have a number of students who return, who may not have full credits to complete their course. They may require two or three credits, or maybe they are in their second term, and cannot go back until the following year and would like to pick up two or three credits during the year, maybe by attending evening classes say, for instance, at Arctic College. Currently, that opportunity is lost for them because the system we have in place doesn't allow for that. So, I wonder if, in this review, the department would look at the overall impact of student assistance for part-time as well as full-time students. Thank you.