Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member's statement I talked about the federal Indian day school class action lawsuit. This lawsuit was based on physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and culture genocide. You know, this class action lawsuit covered 650 First Nations throughout Canada and 33 communities in the Northwest Territories. Those compensations that were paid out were anywhere from level 5 to level 5, or $10,000 to $200,000.

Mr. Speaker, I've been getting a lot of calls, and constituents in my riding that were talking about how about the students after 1969. Because when you make application with the federal Indian day school class action lawsuit, you only could apply to April 1st, 1969. And then after 1969, the students were left out. But after April 1st, 1969, the GNWT took on the control of the education from Government of Canada, but the abuse continued for 16 years thereafter and the last residential school and day school ended in 1996.

So my question to the Premier would be given the compelling argument for extending the federal day school compensation program to include Indigenous students who attended GNWT operating schools after April 1st, 1969, can you provide a stance on this matter and your government's willingness to advocate for these students' rights to seek compensation? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.