Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The question and the petition by the residents is a very serious issue, there is no question about that and we do take the residents concerns with a great deal of seriousness and thought. The issue that is before us is the question of going to schools, class size, rather than the PTR being administered on the Territory as a whole, Mr. Speaker.

It is the Territory as a whole that has been put forward through policy and legislation. As we know, we have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Teachers Federation and that memorandum indicated that we would reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in the territory from 18:1 to 16:1 over a four year period. That memorandum of understanding indicated that it would be on a territory-wide basis, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.