Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, last week, I raised the issue of access to federal funding for the University and College Entry Program, known as the UCEP program. The Minister of Education, Culture and Employment made a commitment to speak with the federal government about the discriminatory nature of the program towards individuals of Metis heritage. I have follow-up questions for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Given that there are more people, both status and non-status, to access the UCEP program than there is space and given that it may take some time before the federal government will align the federal criteria to recognize the rights of Metis people which have already been recognized and integrated into many federal program areas, will the Minister consider finding the resources to increase the capacity of programs immediately and will the government show leadership to the federal government by permitting Metis access to spaces in the program? Thank you.
Norman Yakeleya on Question 591-15(3): University And College Entrance Program
In the Legislative Assembly on March 10th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Question 591-15(3): University And College Entrance Program
Item 7: Oral Questions
March 9th, 2005
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