The workshops sound great to the daycares. Members, committees have heard about all the good work that would come out of Junior

Kindergarten. We heard all the statistics and research. What I’m trying to get at here is whether or not the daycares have expressed concern that when we incorporate Junior Kindergarten to the regional centres that there’s going to be all the four-year-olds moving into the schools, which would result in lost revenue for the daycares. It’s not only going to happen in Inuvik, it’s going to happen in all the communities that have daycares. It’s going to happen here in Yellowknife as well.

Has the Minister heard those concerns, and is the Minister willing to make it optional, as well, for the regional centres and the city of Yellowknife to implement Junior Kindergarten like he did in the first phase, making it optional? Thank you.