Mahsi, Mr. Chairman. I’ve already committed to some of the Members that we are reviewing the inclusive schooling program dollars that are going to the school boards. This is an area that needs more detailed discussion, as Mr. Beaulieu alluded to. Those are areas that we need to have with the school boards, the parents, the teachers, the leaders, our department and various NGO departments as well.
It’s not an easy said and done. This involves a lot of discussion that needs to take place.
I’m also in agreement with Mrs. Groenewegen about what she has stated where individuals being left behind not successfully achieving things in life. Mr. Beaulieu did address that as well. We’ve all experienced that. Not all students are the same. Very true. There are different needs for each student. We have to take all those into perspective on individual needs. Mrs. Groenewegen did talk about that need to assess what the values are in the school system and assist those individuals. That’s what I’ve committed to already, that we need to review the inclusive schooling, the programming that’s out there, and if it needs to be a comprehensive, overall review, that may be the topic of discussion that we need to have.
I did commit that we’re going to review this inclusive schooling. We did address it at the Cabinet level and now we’re here. My department’s willing to pursue that as well, to review the inclusive schooling. I just wanted to relay that message that I did commit in this House.