Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’ve had the distinct pleasure of helping Skills Canada a few times on some of their events. As well, I’ve had the chance to help mentor some of the youth that have come to learn about politics, and I think it’s a strong organization that helps young people and I think it could do a lot for the Territories if we continue to support this program.
I know they were probably looking for something they could cut, in the sense of balancing budgets, and I can appreciate that from a finance point of view, but ultimately what we’re doing is we’re hurting youth programs, youth across our North that we really want to continue to strive to give better skills and do more for. I mean, everywhere I turn we talk about trying to empower our younger generation to get plugged in, get good careers, get good experience, learn and contribute to society, and this program is the type of program that offers that. By allowing this deletion to go through, we would be speaking completely to the opposite of some of the principles of why many of us ran here, which is to help empower that generation to then lead when it is their turn. Mr. Chairman, I will be supporting this motion. Thank you.