Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Regarding section 71(4)(a),(b) and (c), this is where a district education authority may choose a language as the language of instruction if the three areas are determined. These are the conditions imposed in this bill and I find it very restrictive. Like I said before, it is taking a step backwards from where we were under the existing act in section 89.(1), (2) and (3). In the existing act, from K-2, the aboriginal language has to be taught and it fulfils certain conditions. In this new revised act, under section 71.(1)to 71.(4), there are restrictions placed on that. It is really up to the Minister's discretion and the district authority if there is significant demand for the languages to be put in place -- I don't know for sure what it really means, from what the Minister has been telling us -- and if there are enough teachers. So, who decides if there are enough teachers who are fluent in the language?

The point here is, we have a lot of elders in our communities who speak our languages very fluently and that's the only language they use. Why can't we change this provision to allow elders to come into the schools to teach their languages?Why does it only have to be teachers? Couldn't we use elders as resources to come into the schools to do this? That's my question to the Minister.