Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member from Tu Nedhe raises a critical issue and that is, in fact, how important the family is and the child is. It is the centre and the starting point for the development of our programs. There is a need to work back from there, be it to preserve language or culture, come up with a way to improve the education system. That is where you learn your values. That is where you get your start in life. Yes, as Minister, I am very interested as are my colleagues, as I have indicated, to sit down and work as closely as we can with the communities. I agree that a lot of the common sense, hands-on suggestions are going to be found in the communities. Very clearly, communities will not have a standard response to every issue and that the Member's communities of Lutselk'e and Fort Resolution probably have their own unique perspective and suggestions in how to improve their situation. I would be happy to speak on behalf of my social envelope colleagues that, yes, we are interested and I hope to in the not too distant future get an opportunity to go down to the Member's communities to, in fact, talk to the DEA. Next week I am heading off to the Beaufort Delta, Holman Island, Sachs Harbour and Paulatuk and Tuktoyaktuk, but I am going to try to visit all of the communities. Yes, I look forward to the chance to sit down with the Member and his community to, in fact, touch on these issues. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 176-13(7): Attention Deficit Disorder Workshop
In the Legislative Assembly on May 10th, 1999. See this statement in context.
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Question 176-13(7): Attention Deficit Disorder Workshop
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