The Member for Inuvik congratulated 36 graduates, and that’s just one area that we should be proud of and we’ll continue to push that forward. An investment in JK is an investment in the K to 12 overall school system. That’s what we’re doing. Out of the $150
million that we distribute to the school boards, we’re using that funding to educate those individuals so that they can graduate and continue on to post-secondary.
Our research shows us that investment in early childhood of a child’s life has the greatest impact on their lifelong learning and part of their journey as children and grown-ups, and you know that 10 of our smallest communities do not have any education programming. Those are some of the investments that we’ll continue to do, and that means that parents who believe their children will benefit from quality programs for four-year-olds have no options. I believe we’re doing what we can to assist those individual communities.