Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask a few questions to the Minister under this section. It is in regard to PTR versus class size. Mr. Chairman, I think that we have heard a lot of back and forth about the difference between class size and PTR. I acknowledge that this government has gone a long way in funding extra money for our schools. The bottom line that I hear from the parents and what I see when I go to the local schools, and I have attended PAG meetings and so on, the efforts we are making here and the extra money we are approving is not showing at the local level.

I have correspondence that the Minister has sent to the PAG groups in the city, explaining the fine details between PTR and class size. However, I really think we have to do something about this situation where the extra money we are putting in does not seem to show in classes. Our classes continue to be way too big. For example, at Range Lake North School, there are too many kids in the classes. They are sitting wall to wall. They have to organize an escape plan in some classes to make sure it is not unsafe.

Other than the routine answer about the difference between class size and PTR, what can we do? What can we do other than saying it is up to the local boards? Is there anything we can do?