Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is primarily an administrative act to set up the framework for commissioning new post-secondary institutions, whether they are public or private. The real weakness of this act is that it doesn't lay out, even in aspirational detail, the terms and conditions for commissioning Indigenous institutions, of which we already have one in the NWT: Dechinta Centre for Learning. It also doesn't lay out any of the criteria for the partnership model that the College nordique is pursuing.

The fault that I find with this bill in general is that it doesn't address the institutions that already exist, while it does provide for institutions that may exist in the future. The importance of the latter is that it provides clear direction on issues such as quality assurance and advisory committees and so on that would strengthen those post-secondary educations when and if additional institutions are applied for. I think that we have done some value-added work as a committee in ensuring that there is procedural fairness in this act, and I appreciate the Minister and her staff being willing to negotiate the changes that we agreed on. Thank you.