Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, have a question for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, regarding the Student Financial Assistance Program. I believe the proposed amendments are a step in the right direction, with the exception of some of the shortfalls in terms of how the recommendations from the Minister's Forum on Student Financial Assistance were addressed, such as the amounts provided for tuition and books, overall cap on the amount spent on the program, the new definition of a full-time student, and the amount provided for part-time students.
My question today has specifically to do with item number 5 in the recommendations of the Minister's Forum on Student Financial Assistance. It recommends the primary focus of the Student Financial Assistance Program be indigenous and aboriginal people, and non-aboriginal Northwest Territories youth who have completed part or all of their schooling in the Northwest Territories.
It lays out the focus the program should address. I believe the correspondence the Minister has provided does not give enough information as to whether this was dealt with. I would like to ask the Minister if he can provide us with a breakdown of the numbers within each group of students, status aboriginal, non-status aboriginal students, Northwest Territories school students, and non-Northwest Territories school students? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.