Mahsi, Mr. Chair. With respect to the Trout Lake school, the last time we visited, I went there with my staff and also Mr. Menicoche and the school representatives. I wanted to see with my own eyes what’s been referred to as a community gathering. The school is also attached to the community hall. We took that into perspective as well. The community obviously wanted us to address the school because the student population is increasing. Obviously, it was the wish of the community to move forward on that addition. Mr. Menicoche obviously stated concerns, as well, about the community hall and how we can address that. Those are discussions we’ve had with other departments, as well, MACA and PWS. It is a concern that’s been brought to our attention as well. We will continue to work towards how we can rectify that situation.
With regards to safe schools and lockdown procedures, obviously we have been working very
closely with the divisional education councils and the schools regarding the existing public address systems
– it’s called PAs – and the lockdown
procedures. Many of our PA systems are deficient and require upgrades and replacement. Those are areas that we will continue to focus on to provide even more support to the schools to put those into perspective, upgrade them as well.
Unless I missed out on key topics, Mr. Chair, those are some key areas the Member was referring to. Mahsi.