Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday in the Great Hall we had the opportunity to share a celebration with the Aboriginal Head Start Program and the release of their 10-year evaluation; the only jurisdiction in Canada to do that.

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One of the concerns that was raised was that their funding had been reduced from a three-year funding guarantee to a one-year sort of interim, you're-on-notice funding from the federal government. I'd like to ask the Minister of Education, who was also at this celebration, whether he is considering, if he already hasn't written to his corporate counterpart in the federal government, to make the case that this is one program that the federal government should keep their hands off of? In fact, they should continue to fund because it is such a success. Thank you.