Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don’t really know where to start. I’m number three in the one, two, three punch and hopefully the Minister is listening here and developing a tender spot. He’s on the wrong track here. The plans to duplicate Aboriginal Head Start programs for four-year-olds and other programs for four-year-olds, wiping them off the map while putting in place their own inexperienced program when the research shows focus is needed on zero to three. What can I say? The Minister calls this collaboration? How is this collaboration?

Aboriginal Head Start has hard-earned experience, expertise, resources for providing ECE programs for four-year-olds in eight communities. Why will ECE not recognize this, work with Aboriginal Head Start to expand their existing service collaboratively and focus department efforts on providing zero to three early childhood development programs that the research said is desperately needed to avoid this achievement gap that lasts a lifetime? That’s where the opportunity is. Mahsi.