Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have not yet seen the letter to which the Member refers, but I can certainly respond to the question. I would say that I have informed my Cabinet colleagues that as a first priority, we need to try to find increased funding to deal with special needs in the classroom and, secondly with the pupil/teacher ratio. At this point, we have not been able to identify any additional funds to
put into those programs, but Cabinet is very aware of the need and will continue to look for sources of funding that could be applied to those needs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.