Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Madam Chairperson, Mr. Erasmus has talked a lot about the need for consistency and, Madam Chairperson, my understanding is that we presently have a process where students in these grades have to sit departmental examinations prepared by, in my understanding, the Department of Education in the province of Alberta. The motion talks about ensuring consistency in curriculum delivery and an equitable evaluation of our students across the Northwest Territories. I think this is an extremely important position that the department and the government as a whole should be taking. We have a number of students in our school system that within the territories we will not be able to always find jobs for the students. It is a common fact that in today's society you have to be prepared to move to where the jobs are. If we are out of step in our consistency with other provinces or jurisdictions, it is going to make it more difficult for the students in the Northwest Territories to compete for higher education and also for jobs in other parts of the country. Any initiative, Madam Chairperson, that is going to encourage and provide that consistency to give the students in the Northwest Territories an equal opportunity to compete with other jurisdictions, I am very pleased to support.
Madam Chairperson, I thank my honourable colleague from the Social Programs Committee for moving this motion and like him, I also hope that all Members that are with us today support this motion and that indeed the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, the Honourable Michael Miltenberger, MLA for Thebacha hears what is being said and the implications of not acting on the motion. Thank you, Madam Chairperson, for the time allotted to me.