I thought the whole principle of schooling was that you had the right to educate everyone; it didn't matter what disability, sex or whatever. I will use myself as an example. I have a son who is in a wheelchair who moved to Fort Norman, and he has not attended school for eight months because they did not have the ramps at the school to allow him into that institution. So now he is being housed out of Inuvik, out of the hospital there, because that's the only facility that's within the Inuvik region. So he is basically not able to take advantage of something we take for granted, not being disabled. For instance, a ramp in a school or an elevator costs $40,000. So are those monies accessible to be moved from one project to another project for the essential needs there?
David Krutko on Bill 11: Appropriation Act, 1996-97
In the Legislative Assembly on May 13th, 1996. See this statement in context.
Bill 11: Appropriation Act, 1996-97
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
May 12th, 1996
Page 315
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