Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, throughout my tenure as Minister, the one area of the formula that provides funding to all divisional educational councils that has not been cut and has, in fact, been increased as a proportion of the funding is in the area of special needs. I have impressed upon my colleagues at the Cabinet table the need to deal with the special needs issue and the fact that we do need more funding in this area. I am confident that, as we find funds, my colleagues will agree that we should put more into that area.
We have, over the past few years, provided support to divisional education councils and teachers. When it comes to areas like the resource guides and support manuals, we have provided funding to the Association for Community Living to develop a video related to FAS/FAE and we are working with other jurisdictions in the western consortium to ensure that we set up effective strategies to deal with the problem, as well as to increase awareness throughout all of our jurisdictions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.