Mr. Chairman, the Aboriginal Student Achievement Initiative, as you

know, is still a working document. We are still visiting two more regions. There may have been a shift to focus on literacy for community library coordinator and libraries in the communities. It is based on the input that we received from the general public. We are moving forward on the recommendations. It is not us as a department saying this is what is good for the communities. Next year it could be in a different format. It could be early childhood that we need to focus on.

Mr. Chairman, once we started the initiative, we have identified what should be our priorities to discuss at the regional forum and we have had some feedback. That should be literacy, early childhood and family supports, and also language and culture. Those are four key areas that we have touched on, the student and family support.

As you see, the first priority is literacy. What we are doing here is focussing on literacy and then, following that, early childhood would come into play and student and family support, language and cultural preservation.

Mr. Chairman, as I stated, this ASA is still ongoing. There is a lot of work ahead of us still. Recommendations are still coming. We will continue to work with it and press it even more within our department. Mahsi.