The Member raises good points. I think it is important that out of recommendations like this, comes a full debate. The Member is totally right. The concept of excellence may differ from person to person. What the committee was saying was that no individual in the Northwest Territories should be held back because of deficiencies in the school system. If a student, anywhere, wants the opportunity for an academic education, they should have that opportunity, exactly. In all parts of the system, we don't want it any longer said that it is just enough to pass. It has to be good education and it means that each student has the potential to live up to their capabilities. The concern expressed by Mr. Gargan is sometimes that doesn't happen now because some kids are streamed in a system which dead ends them, which causes frustration.

We are saying re-evaluate the whole system to make sure that no student is left behind because of problems in the system, that everyone can achieve their potential. We are trying to educate the kids in the Northwest Territories to an equal level to anywhere else in the world. We can ask nothing less than that. If you don't shoot for that, we will end up with a workforce which won't be able to compete with the rest of the world and that is going to be a big problem in the future.