Mr. Speaker, I wish to give some special recognition to the MLA for Yellowknife Centre, Brian Lewis. It should be noted that if it was not for his urging and pushing and constant, persistent and frequent requests for status reports, the book "Dreams and Visions" probably would not have been published by the Department of Education. It would have continued to sit on the shelf gathering dust.
Members should know that the book "Dreams and Visions" is a recollection of the NWT education system from the mission schools of the 1800s until 1984. As a result of Mr. Lewis' persistence, one of the last things I did as the former Minister of Education was to publish and subsequently release the book. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that someone finally took the honourable Member's advice.
Nice letters of appreciation from those who were close to Norm McPherson, the researcher and principal writer of the manuscript, have come recently, applauding the book and the government for finally releasing it. Thank you.
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