We will be looking for a change in direction when we review the report, one which focuses on results. Student financial assistance is a major investment of this government and, although we know how much money we put in and the number of people who start their programs, we have no idea what the success rate is in terms of graduation. We also do not know how many people return to the territories after graduating. We need to be more proactive in ensuring the NWT benefits from the dollars spent supporting post-secondary education. We need to consider options like a longer period for remission, lengthening the time required to earn the grant, and basing forgiveness on success in a post-secondary program. We need to encourage students to return to the NWT once they finish their degrees and diplomas. These people work hard for their education, so loan remission may not be enough. We need to find opportunities, both within governments and in the private sector, to actively recruit these graduates and bring them back to meaningful work in the north.
Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask my colleague from Inuvik to continue reading the report, in hopefully a more coherent manner than I did.