I made my point, Madam Speaker. I would like Members to reflect on this, though. I have not made a statement of this nature in this House before and some people have said to me, well, you were in education for all that time, why couldn't you do it? Well, because I was a bureaucrat, and being a loyal bureaucrat, I always served my political masters.

But, then, when you get into this political arena, you suddenly realize that to make that kind of change means you have to upset a large part of your community that has taken charge of this as a major component in the lives of young boys and they would be very reluctant to give it up.

But if you want schools to be meaningful to young people so that they can have their energies focused and directed, it is something that makes sense to them. In our system, we can do it. It is possible for us to do that. I really believe that in a short period of time, you would find the motivation to become part of an activity would also be reflected in improvement in other things that go on in the school system. The young girls already do quite well, and there are stats to prove that they do better than young boys in the school system up to a certain age. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

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