Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have been well aware of the situation with this centre. I have to say that, across the Northwest Territories, we provide support to day cares in almost every community. This day care, in Fort Smith, has received more support, likely, than others, in terms of staff time, staff consultation, staff advice, and assistance. The college has been prepared to work with them. The college has found the space and made that available. We work with them, at the department, to provide start-up funding. The program has been well explained to them, and we're in a situation, Mr. Speaker, where we don't have a system in crisis; we have a situation where there is a non-profit society, in one of our communities, that finds it is unable to work with the level of support that we can offer. Mr. Speaker, given that, the college is working with students who might have children in that environment, and we will continue to do that. Half of the students have already been able to have their children placed in other locations, and we'll continue to support them.
Charles Dent on Question 278-15(4): Closure Of Fort Smith Day Care
In the Legislative Assembly on October 26th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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