Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to note, Mr. Chairman, I take the comments that the honourable Member has made seriously and that other Members have made in this House. If the Member will recall, when we were making the presentation of Towards a Strategy to 2010, there was an indication that we are presently funding about 11 per cent of our needs for special needs education. The percentage requiring our assistance runs around 25 per cent to possibly 30 per cent in some locations. It was also indicated that it was the one area that needed to be addressed in the final documentation of our strategy. We think it's important. Mr. Chairman, it is also an issue that is being addressed in part two of our funding review for schools across the Northwest Territories, so that matter is under consideration at the moment.
There is not much I can disagree about with the honourable Member on the matter of child care programming or early childhood care and development. I think it's necessary for us to ensure that we provide the most accessible program possible. I'm not sure if we can do it in every situation or that we can respond to all the requirements. Maybe there are options available. I think the symposium really pointed out to us that there is certainly a need for us to be more flexible in how we provide financing to parents. Not all parents or communities will agree that a central day care centre is the best idea. They may be more in favour of single child care situations or community programming. I don't have any problems or concerns about that. I take it very seriously and I think the success of our child care programs in our high schools are beginning to show very good results. I think we will continue to promote that concept, particularly if the parenting programs are all part of the courses that are being delivered. It only teaches young people to be better parents. That is what we need, for sure.