Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was under the impression that Members of this Assembly supported the expansion of high school programs in the communities, which included the whole issue of advanced education. That was the impression I was receiving. Now, if the honourable Member is saying we should not develop those programs in the communities as per the discussions my staff held with the board and the advice given by the board then, obviously, community high school programming would be in jeopardy.

I made this point yesterday. The honourable Member points out only that the report will affect the decision and, in fact ,I said clearly that if the honourable Member was consulted, as other Members were, to give advice, then part of the recommendations coming from the report would be based on the advice given by the honourable Member. In the end, the fact is that programs in communities for students are of importance and will be given high consideration and priority. As Minister, I'm not prepared to sacrifice the quality of education for our students. If the case is that some of the residences have to remain open, then that will be part of the recommendations. But, I think time will tell that and we have until March 31st for the report to be returned, with its recommendations, at which time I will review all of the issues. And, Mr. Speaker, we are requesting meetings with the divisional boards to discuss this particular issue and the draft formula.