Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, in that top line item there, the $8.2 million to the $6 million, that line item reduction is due to some fiscal sustainability reductions. So for starters, there is a sunset of education renewal and innovation funding but from our fiscal sustainability plan, there's also a switch to virtual meetings related to committee meetings and a reduction of the number of training sessions as well by our student support and wellness programs. There's also a true-up of mentorship allowances and substitute wages to support the budgets under the school funding framework as well. And there is a discontinuation of an education operations coordinator, which is a headquarters position, a discontinuation of an Indigenous language and culture coordinator position as well as a discontinuation of a junior kindergarten to grade 6 curriculum co-ordinator. We were also able, in this line item here, to reduce the number and frequency of training for northern teachers. So previously principals did an annual inservice, and so what we have looked at doing is actually combining that with a summit at a conference in order to save some dollars there and bring that together with some other PD that happens. We've also reduced the number and frequency of training for -- oh sorry, I'm repeating myself. And we've also discontinued, for example, our -- or sorry, switched to virtual meetings with education authorities in order to save some additional funding. And then that, of course, is offset by some federal dollars we received for the national action plan to end gender-based violence as well. Thank you.
Caitlin Cleveland on Committee Motion 11-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Deferral of Early Learning - Education, Culture and Employment, Carried
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