Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the comments made by the honourable Member, Mr. Chairman, the matter of fiscal commitment will rest with whether or not education continues, as the Member has supported that education be the number one priority when we made the investment decisions in this House. I appreciate the support he has given during his tenure as a Member in this House over the last four years, as well as other Members.
Despite that support, obviously the fiscal situation we may be encountering as a result of some decisions that have been made, not necessarily by people in this House but by the federal government, we have to review our investment decisions. We have to be innovative in how we allocate resources, recognizing, Mr. Chairman, the seriousness of special needs requirements in our northern communities. So I appreciate the support of the honourable Member.
He had noted earlier that I had met with the Francophone representatives this afternoon. We had a very constructive meeting and I hope that by the end of today or, at the very least early tomorrow morning, we can hear some response to a letter that I will be submitting to them on some of the agreements we had reached to address some of the concerns they have. I intend to submit that letter to them later on today. Thank you very much for those comments.