Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I have raised this issue many times and in the Minister's response to my request he referred to the divisional board of education being responsible. Mr. Speaker, this is a matter of Dene cultural survival and making sure there is acceptable care for our younger children. It is a cultural issue which should be decided in culturally appropriate ways. It should be the elders and the people of the communities who are deciding these things, not some European-style board which was set up by bureaucrats in Yellowknife. Can the Minister explain why his department is to eager to pass the buck so the decisions are made by boards which are modelled on non-native educational systems?
Samuel Gargan on Question 449-12(3): Funding Of Hostels For Children's Cultural Survival
In the Legislative Assembly on March 10th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 449-12(3): Funding Of Hostels For Children's Cultural Survival
Question 449-12(3): Funding Of Hostels For Children's Cultural Survival
Item 5: Oral Questions
March 9th, 1993
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
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