A final comment, which I forgot to mention earlier. With regard to special school development, I know the honourable Minister and his department have cut out the funding for the western Arctic leadership program in Fort Smith. Personally, I support that kind of concept. There were also cuts to the scholarship for Lester B. Pearson College out of Victoria. I just want to say that I support these types of incentives to students who want to take the exceptional road to education so they can come back to the north and contribute.

I have to go back to the one school, no longer existing, which used to be in Fort Smith: Grandin College, in which the western Arctic leadership program was based. There are people who went through this school and it provided leadership in the communities, regions and even in this Legislative Assembly. The students who participated in the western Arctic leadership program are presently benefitting from that experience. Some of them are in universities now, and are planning to come back to the north and their communities. I'm sure once they come back, they will be an asset to any regions or organizations they choose to be part of.

As for Lester B. Pearson College, a number of different people from the north went to this college and are currently in leadership positions and contributing to the organizations and communities they come from. I think that if they didn't go to these institutions, they might be doing the same things, but they are now contributing what they have experienced to what they are doing today. I think they are assets to the north and we should think about providing support to institutions such as this and programs like the western Arctic leadership program.

I just wanted to let the Minister know that I, personally, support these kinds of leadership programs we offer. Thank you.