Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to make reference to the Minister's statement that yes, it is good to have strategic plans, but there has also been criticism by the fact that we are not devoting any dollars to solving some of these major problems. The Minister stated himself 31 of 42 are non-monetary, but I think if we were to digest these, I think the figure would probably go down substantially from what I can see. I cannot see any in here that are non-monetary, not that number certainly. My question for the Minister is with regard, again, back to the report. It is very clear from our discussions, this is from the report, with communities that the pupil/teacher ratio should be decreased overall and classroom sizes maintained at manageable levels. How can the Minister respond to that when there is no effort to try and reduce the pupil/teacher ratio? Can the Minister tell us if he will continue to pursue the pupil/teacher ratio on an aggressive fashion? Thank you.
Jake Ootes on Question 74-13(7): Meeting The Needs Of Educators
In the Legislative Assembly on April 19th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 74-13(7): Meeting The Needs Of Educators
Question 74-13(7): Meeting The Needs Of Educators
Item 7: Oral Questions
April 18th, 1999
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