Thank you, Madam Chair. One particular issue is the investment in the Fort Smith
program. I don’t say this in the context of I don’t think the program shouldn’t be expanded or better accommodated. I’m just wondering about the timing of this particular investment with regard to, obviously, the recent passage of Bill C-10. Shouldn’t the department be looking more towards a longer strategy, rather than trying to fix things for the short term? It would make sense, in my view, that the future programming, which is a significant unknown right now, should be addressed first.
I guess the question to the Minister would be: Why wouldn’t the department pause at this second to re-evaluate its plan and see how to accommodate properly for the future? I hate to see money being spent on a useless program that is not needed in about a year or two years, so we’ve wasted the money. That’s the type of evaluation and consideration I’m asking for.