00:00 Introduction
01:30 Discussion of education in a national and provincial context
03:30 Discussion of various groups involved in education at a national level; MacMillan's experience with educational matters
04:30 Discussion of the constitution
05:30 Discussion of the matter of education in the British North America Act
07:30 Discussion of the development of the British North America Act, its relation to education
09:30 Discussion of federal departments involved in education
10:30 Discussion of federal expenditure on education
11:30 Discussion of various historical issues related to education considered federal concerns
13:00 Discussion of the Royal Commission on Industrial Training and Vocations
14:00 Discussion of the Great Depression
15:30 Discussion of the Massey Commission
17:30 Discussion of the 1963 B & B Commission
19:00 Discussion of the EPF program
22:00 Further discussion of the federal budget, its relationship to university education
24:00 Discussion of the federal granting councils
26:30 Discussion of the level of federal expenditures on education in Canada, specific programs the government is involved in
29:30 Discussion of grants given by the federal government
30:30 Discussion of the federal government's expenditures on promoting bilingual education
31:30 Discussion of the lack of a clearly formulated Canadian policy on education
32:30 Discussion of the 1976 OECD report
34:30 Discussion of faculty who received their training abroad or were born abroad
35:30 Discussion of the lack of attention given to Canadian studies, the Simons report
37:00 Further discussion of the OECD report; discussion of Peter Leslie's report
38:30 Discussion of the role of the university
41:00 Discussion of the consideration one should give to the proliferation of government departments and agencies related to education
43:30 Discussion of the need to formulate a coherent Canadian policy for education
46:00 Discussion of a possible National Office for Education
47:00 Discussion of a possible Ministry of State for Education
51:00 Discussion of the relationship between the constitution and the federal government's active involvement in education
53:00 Discussion of the federal government as funding for the short-term; relationship to GNP
54:30 Concluding remarks
56:00 Beginning of question period
56:30 Inaudible question
59:00 Answer regarding the aims and objectives of education, standardisation
01:01:30 Inaudible question
01:02:30 Answer regarding different educational systems and their tendency to exacerbate differences in the country
01:04:30 Inaudible question
01:05:30 Answer regarding the roles of the provincial and federal governments in education
01:08:30 Inaudible question; answer regarding the percentage of university costs met by the federal government
01:11:00 Inaudible question
01:15:00 Answer regarding university fees
01:17:00 Discussion of the relationship between socioeconomic status and education
01:18:00 Inaudible question; answer regarding university fees and inflation
01:20:00 Comment on the constitution, potential amendment regarding education; conclusion of seminar
