I just want to thank my colleagues for going out to the communities and hearing all the concerns that we do have and, like, with the social passing has to stop. We have to put more emphasis into our children and our youth that are coming up and giving them a chance to succeed in life instead of putting up roadblocks and barriers. I think that the social passing and with the new curriculum coming in, I really hope that we could really get in front of it and start working with the communities and all of the local community governments and the -- like, with us it's the Beaufort Delta Education Council. And, like, I do have communities in my riding that have one teacher, two teachers that, you know, it's tough on them, extra work, and a lot less students. But at the end of the day, you want to give all that student all the tools to succeed in life. I think what we have to really realize here that all the problems and issues we have right now is because of not being our children educated. And right now, from the youth, the kids from 30 down, are having a tough time. They're really having a tough time because of the drugs, the alcohol, that's all happening, and they're having -- there's no -- and the biggest part of that is because of the education, and they don't think they could do it. But once you apply yourself and put a hundred percent effort in what you're doing, anybody could do whatever they want. But just a matter of encouraging them. And I just wonder, yeah, for the next government and that going forward, I think we have to put more emphasis on -- like, everybody, like it's so easy for us to say oh yeah, our youth are our future. But there's nothing backing that up. We have to back it up. We have to make a difference now. And all the problems that we're having with the housing and all these problems that we're having in this Assembly with, you know, justice, health care, it's all going to start pulling back. It's not going to be so bad once everybody's educated. And like I said, I'm going to stop here but social passing has to stop in the communities and across our territory because it's just going to alleviate the pressure as us as legislators in this Assembly on the go forward. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Jackie Jacobson on Committee Motion 470-19(2): Tabled Document 974-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2023-2024 - Deferral of Estimates, Carried
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Committee Motion 470-19(2): Tabled Document 974-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2023-2024 - Deferral of Estimates, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
September 29th, 2023
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