Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just more specifically on the whole matter in Yellowknife. I've met with the parents of students in the learning centre here to hear their concerns and suggestions. I've also advised the boards about my concern with the unwillingness to resolve some of the internal problems. It's the same issue that comes up with other boards across the Northwest Territories.
But, we have some very good experiences as well. I'm thinking of the Keewatin which is spending additional resources for special needs out of their surpluses. There is also the extraordinary commitments by the Baffin, the work in the Hay River school with the concept of pod learning. That is the kind of stuff that we have had good experiences with in the north and we should utilize the experience and move forward from that experience to new situations to positively address educational needs for all our children.
You pointed out that there are a number of things that we have to deal with. One, how do we address the issue of magnet communities, where we have facilities such as group homes? How do we deal with the question of counselling resources. That is another point the honourable Member raised. There is also the idea of early intervention which we think is important. It is not only important in terms of the existing problems we have, and I won't necessarily say they are problems, but situations that exist. There is also the need for us to improve staff development. Some of these situations could be dealt with better if we had the advice and knowledge that these educators need to deal with these situations. We need to facilitate educational programming. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.