Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to make a brief comment on this. When the department created this program some time ago, it was doomed to fail because the department had no real experience in education. Furthermore, there were no adequate support systems in the department to help those students. I argued, unsuccessfully at the time, that that kind of training should be delivered through the Department of Education and through the college system.
But, the department was determined that they knew best how to deliver the program and nobody was going to tell them that they weren't capable of doing the training. In other words, Mr. Chairman, there was some argument about this. I know that this recommendation encourages the department to work in consultation with the Department of Education. Well, that was tried the last time and the Department of Economic Development ignored any advice that the department or the Minister of Education of the day had to give him.
So, I'm a little leery about suggesting that they review the program because, fundamentally, it is wrong. It should be delivered through our education system. It is not a skills, in-service type training; it is, rather, career training. And, if we allow all of our departments to set up their own little funny programs to train staff and their own little empires, the students are going to be neglected and the programs will not have successes, as we have seen here.
I guess I would prefer a little stronger recommendation than just to assess whether the program might be enhanced or improved. It should be cancelled and the Department of Education and Arctic College should be used to deliver this program. That's my opinion. I will rest with placing my views on the record. Ten years ago, my views were not followed by the Minister of Economic Development of the day. I know this Minister will be more willing to look at a new approach. Thank you.