Pourtant, malgré les intentions du ministre, qui considère l'éducation postsecondaire comme une priorité, son gouvernement décide que les allocations aidant les étudiants des Premières nations à faire des études postsecondaires pour accroître la capacité administrative de leurs collectivités seront désormais imposables.
At the same time he is stating that post-secondary education is his main priority, his government is starting to tax this benefit that used to enjoy a tax free status so that first nations students could get the post-secondary education they needed and so that communities could build the administrative capacity they needed.