Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, we would like to have more of our young people going in to become a nurse, you know. But if our education system was better, was good like Yellowknife and other regional centre, larger regional centre, yes, we can graduate, we can send more, we can encourage. But it's going to take years some of them to upgrade. They have to go through upgrading. And, you know, like, a lot of them are behind as noted in the 2018 health status report. Our education system is low and our graduation system is also low. So, yes, we would like to encourage. We would like to encourage more young people to take the nursing programs. And we do have some Tlicho nurse, but they did not go to school in my region, in our region. They went to school somewhere else. So they have more -- you know, like they have more advantage than our Tlicho youth who were born and raised in our region. So, yes, we would -- it would be good, you know. I think that's what would -- that's what we've been doing, telling our young people to take nursing program, to take other health care -- healthcare programs and services. Even sonographer, you know, that's -- I heard quite a few young people they would like to get into that, you know, but we don't have the capacity because our education system, we lack a lot of program and services. And, you know, it's -- that's a disadvantage. Yes, that's -- that's the disadvantage. So -- and maybe Ms. Green can, you know, transfer more of those positions and can work with our young people and encourage them and support them because if the more young people see these positions in the small communities, then maybe they will make a good -- you know, a good career choice. Just like the sonographer which is possible. That can be situated -- that can be transferred to Tlicho region, and our youth can benefit from that. Thank you.
Jane Weyallon Armstrong on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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