Mr. Speaker, if the boards are hiring anyone to teach in the classrooms, then they have to acquire a teaching certificate for those individuals. In some cases, they will hire individuals who have the skills who may not have the teacher qualifications, so they will not necessarily go and hire someone who already has the qualifications. They will hire someone who knows the language and can teach it.
All of the boards have been advised that if they are hiring teachers, aboriginal language specialists as teachers, they have to have a certificate and they have to be paid according to the salary scale. The salary scale for teachers varies a lot, depending on the qualifications, but they will be put on that scale. Thank you.