Okay, Mr. Speaker. I can see we're playing an interesting game because yesterday the Minister was challenging me. Now I challenge him back by saying that these kids are poor. Now he's saying the poor kids are coming to school from the regions. Well, who knows where these facts are coming from? So I challenge him to prove that the poor kids can't go to school because they don't have shoes. We live in the North, everybody knows we have shoes and boots here; we're not talking about who knows where. Mr. Speaker, I didn't say yesterday to use the law. I asked about why we aren't using the law when we have truancies. Mr. Speaker, we have a law in the book that we don't even use, so let's just take it away. We're wasting paper space by having it. I'm talking about innovative approaches, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, will the Minister consider innovative approaches by helping our DEAs with implementing a community liaison social worker in their schools? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Robert Hawkins on Question 575-15(3): School Attendance In The Nwt
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 575-15(3): School Attendance In The Nwt
Question 575-15(3): School Attendance In The Nwt
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 8th, 2005
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