(Microphone turned off)...I want to make it clear that it isn't just a criticism I am making of the department. I agree with the Minister. So much of the policy direction in schools has been given over to divisional boards and boards here in Yellowknife and they also bear responsibility for coming up with innovative solutions and recognizing that there is a reality. In the future, there isn't going to be as much money as we all want to do these things. That is a reality that has to sink in. I am using this forum to talk to more than just the Department of Education. It is something that everyone, the partners I talked about before with the parents being a very important part, has to recognize and recognizing there has to be flexibility and moderation in dealing with these things. There are no hard answers one way or the other. I mean I think we have to be compassionate
towards kids who have special circumstances, as the Minister says. I also don't like the word mainstreaming, but it wasn't one that I originated.
On the other hand, there is the responsibility we have to all the other kids, too, to find those balances. It goes back to what I was saying earlier about the leadership that it is going to take by the Minister and by the department to try to bring these people together, heading in the same direction collectively, so it doesn't become an issue, which it is now. People can say the territorial government won't give us money, therefore we're not going to deal with it until they give us money. Then we have checkmate, nothing works and everybody loses. There's a lot of that going on and it's because it doesn't pass the test about what's good for the kids. Unfortunately, a lot of the relationships that have developed between partners don't pass that test.
I just encourage the Minister to keep pursuing this. I'll continue to pursue it with our boards here and I hope other MLAs will do that because it's a very important issue and an issue that, whether people like it or not, has significant impact on the success of our education system. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.