Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as leaders we always speak to the people we represent on the value and importance of education, achieving a higher degree of education in regard to post secondary education and university degrees. However, Mr. Speaker, this vehicle that we have in place in regard to education system of supporting our students seems to always find itself running into road blocks in regard to the organization and the process that students find themselves in when trying to achieve those goals.
I would like to elaborate on some of these road blocks from one of my constituents who is attending the Teacher Access Program at Aurora College here in Yellowknife. She has barely made it through the Christmas season to start. When she first applied to the Nurses Program her forms and money orders were lost or misplaced. Then she had to find her own accommodation as the college was unable to provide one. After paying for her damage deposit, bills and buying furniture; most of her savings have been used up. Mr. Speaker, in January after arriving back in Yellowknife to continue her education, she was told that the financial assistance for January would be postponed because the position of the Department of Education was they did not know which students would return in the New Year so there was a hold back. She was also told by the Department of Education to go to the food bank or apply for a funding loan.
Mr. Speaker, this is unacceptable in regard to the credibility and the high priority we put on education. I think it is critical when students do arrive for school from the outlying communities... Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.