Thank you, Mr. Speaker-elect. I think yesterday was an incredibly important day for the victims of residential school here in the Northwest Territories as well as across Canada, as my colleague has already indicated. The GNWT and the NWT have taken a real lead role in working with the TRC and other organizations as they have moved forward. We opened our jails so they could go in and do interviews. We were the first jurisdiction that did that.
The former Minister of Education actually started beginning work on curriculum development around the residential school experience. We've already started doing a number of things and we need to continue to be that leader. We have already seen the 94 recommendations. We have already started to work on the recommendations. Our Building Stronger Families here in the Northwest Territories already addresses a number of the recommendations. We're on the right track, but we still need to be a leader in this particular area because of the large number of our residents who have suffered through that experience.
I'm committed to meeting with the Prime Minister at our earliest convenience to talk about the different priorities that we have here in the Northwest Territories. On Monday when we were talking about our priorities, I mentioned this particular situation, the TRC report, the final report that was coming out, and I indicated at that time that it must be one of our priorities moving forward.
I'll meet with the Prime Minister. I'll meet with all the individuals across the Northwest Territories, all the Aboriginal leadership across the Northwest Territories, because it needs to be a collaborative effort as we continue to move forward with addressing these recommendations and this important healing process.