Mahsi, Mr. Chair. The tablets that we’re talking about are not only for the children, it’s for the parents as well. Mostly for the parents where the families can keep track of their children’s developmental milestones providing immunization and nutrition information. There is all this different programming that’s on these tablets that are going out. There’s First Aid, as well, and
language apps and different apps for children’s songs, books, learning, fun activities to enjoy as a family. The tablets also encourage the relationship between community-based health care and our education providers with new parents, so together they can explore the early childhood development apps that are out there. There are all these different apps and the resources, which are on electronic tablets.
This is an area that’s not new. We’ve been exploring this area for quite some time now through the Aboriginal Student Achievement Initiative and engagement of the general public. It’s the grandparents who spoke to us to say, provide some resource material to these new parents so they can work with their young ones. It’s a whole learning curve for them.
We’ve experienced the brand names the Member is referring to. De Beers is a prime example. Books in Homes has been very successful to date. They have provided thousands and hundreds of thousands of books into the Northwest Territories communities, and they continue to do so, educational materials. I don’t see any issues with that.
So these tablets going out to the parents, we should be supporting that. Mahsi.