Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The curriculum should reflect the local culture and history all the time and it can. What we can do in curriculum development is make sure the suggestions are made for specific things to consider when dealing with curriculum.
The issue of treaties has been raised by other people. I think it's one there is a real interest in seeing there be something mentioned in school about treaties and it would certainly be appropriate in the social studies course. At the current time the curriculum for kindergarten to Grade 9 social studies is under review, and we can make sure that as we're doing that we keep in mind the Member's comments about the issues that should be raised as part of social studies that reflect the culture and history of the Northwest Territories.
One of the challenges we're facing is that with the fiscal climate, the development of curricula has slowed down because we've taken resources away from that over the years in order to make sure we can continue to put as much as possible into the classroom. But we are continuing to work on advancing the curricula and we will keep the Member's comments in mind. Thank you.