Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the department did put out a call to education bodies as a whole to ask them, you know, what would work, do you foresee a possibility to offer up some dollars from your budgets. And without any surprise, of course, the answer was no, which we a hundred percent respected because, like many members have said, you know, our foundation to -- our economic foundation begins with educating our youth. And so we absolutely respected that. But what the education bodies did offer up were some suggestions of where to create some savings within the department. And so those recommendations were absolutely listened to, and some of those recommendations as well included switching to virtual training sessions or meetings because sometimes when we're taking teachers out of, especially small communities, it can be incredibly disruptive to the learning of students. And so some of those suggestions were definitely incorporated within this budget here. 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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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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