Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, will be speaking in support of this motion. Thank you, Mr. Moses and Mr. Bromley, for bringing this to the floor. They’re highlighting the importance of our youth, highlighting the importance of our workers, highlighting the importance of our families and the people that put these programs together in the Department of Education, the Department of Health, and the government itself to continue to support the early childhood development.

I spoke earlier about supporting the most important teachers in the child’s life are the parents. Usually above 90 percent it’s the mother. Having support for the mother with the child. More importantly, how do we get the teachers and the child to work together for each other and get them support?

I want to say that in my nine years of being MLA I’ve travelled to the Sahtu, and at times I go to the preschools and I go to the places where they offer these programs. It’s quite amazing to see the little kids with the teachers. Sometimes you ask the teachers or staff what they’re doing to make it in the

school session or the years that they’ve been there. Sometimes they do some fundraising. Sometimes some of the oil companies or mining companies or the government themselves provides meals for the little kids that come to the preschools. It’s quite amazing to sit amongst the little kids there. We have a place where it says something about the government, that they are supporting something like that that’s good for the parents and also for training for the teachers that go and teach at these early childhood development programs.

We need to continue supporting their training, support them in what they’re doing, because they are setting the foundation for our future. The language is one way of looking at it. We need to look at how we support these children in our communities.

I’d like to thank Mr. Moses and Mr. Bromley for bringing this motion to the floor.