Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In order for us to do that, then, we have to be able to say we are going to create the best lawyers and the best educated carpenters, then we have to adopt a principle or focus of principle of excellence based on academic education as opposed to general education. In other words, Mr. Chairman, it is fine and dandy to say the things that we want to say, but when we have communities like Fort Providence implementing general education and Yellowknife having academic education, that gives the wide variety of choice and in Fort Providence it limits their choice, I don't see that as a basis for this focus. It is either academic education across the north, in order to achieve that, or none. I say right now that the focus should be that we have to change the schools. I have a son who is in general education in Fort Providence. I don't know what they call it over here. I also have students who are going to Fort Simpson and to Yellowknife for education in grade 10. But what makes them any different than my son in Fort Providence? I say that the only difference is in Fort Providence they are giving general education which really limits their options. Other students are given the opportunities. Maybe it is because he is not as bright, or maybe it is because he is the MLA's son, that he has been given no preference, but I say there is a double standard.

If we are going to change anything, we have to change it so teachers know what they are expected to achieve at the end of each school year. So they can say all of these students are advancing to the next grade level in the academic education area, not grade 10 education, or whatever it means. I really don't know what it means when you say you adopt and focus on excellence as a fundamental principle of the education system. Should we focus a lot on the gifted students to do their part and try to advance them as much as possible so they could go to Japan and the rest stay home? I don't really know what it means. I think that should be clarified.