Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, it comes down to this scenario, I do not know if growing up in a large centre or not living in a small community is not setting in because it does cost a lot more to live in small communities. It does take a lot more work to deal with people in the small communities because you are dealing with a different environment. In larger centres you have office structures and everything else in place. The whole concept of applications for them in a lot of the communities, it is a tough job just trying to attract the person without trying to explain to the elders and people in the communities, well, you have to fill out this form and you have to do this, which takes a lot more time than in larger centres. My question to the Minister is, why do I get the feeling that we are being penalized because of where we are located? It will be easier to change the program and the way the program is being allocated than coming up with a statement, well, they do not want it we will take it back and do it some other way. Why do you have a program which is a territorial program for all communities, but with the notion if that community does not like the way we are delivering it we will just take it back? What message is that supposed to send to myself, as a Member of the Mackenzie Delta, and the people I represent? We are different? We are martians? What? I get the feeling all of a sudden that we are being treated differently.
David Krutko on Committee Motion 29-13(5): To Institute Compulsory Home Economics And Shop Programs In All High Schools
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 1998. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 29-13(5): To Institute Compulsory Home Economics And Shop Programs In All High Schools
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 2nd, 1998
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