Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have questions for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. The issue of fundraising that we just alluded to and the Minister thought that this was a good thing. Mr. Speaker, I have a very large concern with this. Fundraising for a school trip for something is one thing when it is an extracurricular activity, but when we have to do fundraising in communities to raise money for basics and essentials of a guaranteed education. I will tell you fundraising does exist, it is called taxes. Then it goes into the public purse and then we are responsible for distributing that.

Fundraising and volunteerism, to begin to rely on them as an integral part of your education system is very dangerous and this is why. It is because it does not then guarantee fair and equal access to quality education for all northern students. I can assure you in communities like Hay River and Yellowknife, your pool to access fundraising and volunteers from is much larger than in smaller communities. What is the message this government would be saying if we allow fundraising and volunteers to perform a core part of the delivery of education services in the Northwest Territories? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.