Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'll just keep my comments brief. I think most of my colleagues here have gone over most of the things I would have mentioned. The question that I have is with regard to a new school in Yellowknife. I know the Minister is aware that there are definitely some problems in the schools in Yellowknife in terms of overcrowding and limited space. I know a school in my riding, Ecole St. Joseph School, has programs, Mr. Chairman, for special needs students that they're running out of broom closets at the school, and I've observed that myself on a visit to the school. I know the enrolment at Weledeh has grown by 17 percent. There's no space at St. Patrick High School, and even by the government's own standards the need for a new school in Yellowknife is clearly identified. I'm just wondering, Mr. Chairman, where on the radar screen is a new school for Yellowknife. The community is growing. By most accounts, the population in Yellowknife is just over the 20,000 mark, and it seems to be growing. The vacancy rate is remaining low: 1.7 percent, even though there have been at last 400 new rental units brought onto the market in the last 18 months. I think it's time that the government took the situation seriously here in Yellowknife, that we do need a new school and we're going to need it in the very near future. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
David Ramsay on Committee Motion 7-15(3): To Undertake A Quantitative Evaluation On Grade Extensions To Gauge Student Success, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on March 24th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 7-15(3): To Undertake A Quantitative Evaluation On Grade Extensions To Gauge Student Success, Carried
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