Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to pose a question to both candidates. I think that everybody in this room, and all citizens in the Northwest Territories, would agree and realize that we are faced with serious health concerns. We hear that 20 percent of expectant mothers consume alcohol during their pregnancy. I think this is a staggering rate and scares us all. One of the key things we have to realize here, and probably all of you agree, is that we have an education problem, which is leading to a health problem.

We are all very focused on stimulating economic development in the Territories. But I worry that as we continue to stimulate economic development, we continue to lose employment to southerners who are trained. I would like both of you to answer this question; how does your government intend to make education a priority for Northerners so that we might curb some of the health concerns we are faced with and so that we might train Northerners for northern jobs? Thank you.