Thank you, Mr. Chair. And so my understanding is that we have an action plan, the Skills 4 Success Action Plan, that is supposed to go from 2021 to 2025. So are we able to continue on with that action plan and accomplishing the goals that we've set for ourselves without any funding in that line item this year? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I would like to just say for the record that we called our program Skills 4 Success first before the feds and, unfortunately, the two are not related; they just share a name. So when the federal government came out with their funding program, it had the same name as our existing strategy. So the two are not related. Our strategy still exists, but that federal funding has sunset. Thank you.

Thank you. Next on my list I have Member from Monfwi for pages 46 to 48. Questions.

Thank you. My question was regarding what MLA Morgan was referring to, education authority contributions. It says that, you know, money is allocated based on previous school year. So it is based on enrolment formula. So I just wanted to ask the Minister if there's a breakdown of regions, you know, which region is most impacted that, you know, there is a decrease in this budget. So, yeah, just which region is most impacted?

Thank you. To the Minister.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, just to be clear, we did not decrease our contributions or change the funding formula. The funding formula is enrolment-based, so it would be based on the number of students attending a school based on the numbers provided by that particular education body and particular school. And as far as -- you know, if the Member is asking how enrolment numbers changed year after year for schools in her region, I'd be happy to access that information but it's not information that I have at my fingertips right now. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Monfwi.

Thank you. Well, it's not huge, but it's just that it would be nice to know the numbers because -- and you did state that before that due to enrolment and, you know, like, the contribution went down. So I just want -- that's why I ask is that which region, you know, is most impacted. And also it's not -- we're not part of North Slave so, you know, with Tlicho regions, I would like to know for that very reason. And I know that last year -- and this is regarding the post-secondary. I know last -- you know, because of the Aurora College transformation, so teacher education program and social work program, you know, they don't offer that program anymore. But I believe previous Minister did say before that it was going to be up and running maybe this school year or next school year, because I thought he said 2024-2025 that they're going to start accepting students. So I just wanted to know if and when the Aurora College is going to start accepting students for teacher education program and social work. Because those two are very important. And I know that we do have problems with retaining and those were a success for many of the small communities, students coming from small communities and they were using that program more, and we did have a lot of graduates and a lot of them went on to obtain their master's and PhD. So I just wanted to know when the Aurora College is going to start accepting students, you know, for teacher education and social work program. Thank you.

To the Minister to the question.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, just to go back really quickly, I do have the number for the Member in terms of the change in enrolment for Tlicho region, and it's 4 percent. So a decline of 4 percent for Tlicho region schools.

And then in regards to the degree programs from Aurora College, Aurora College has spoken about having their first degree program be general studies, and they pushed that back by a year. Originally, they had intended that that would start this fall, and so that would mean that it would start next fall. Beyond that, I do not have that information as of yet from the board of governors of Aurora College.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Monfwi.

It's good, thank you. Thank you for the information, which I'm sure there's people listening and our leaders are listening too as well. So it's good to know that number.

And, yeah, so minority language education a second language, well, that's for French. But I know it was in the budget that Aurora College was going to be -- or it was part of their budget where they were going to deliver a diploma program for language. Why that program never went further or, like, it was never -- the department never did anything about it knowing the importance of the Indigenous language and, you know -- and now that department is creating ADM for language and culture. So I want to know why the department never proceeded to offer that program? Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the department did have money set aside in the budget anticipating that that program would be developed and come forward and had hoped it would come forward sooner. And so it has been part of ECE's budget for a number of years and money that they have received/approved by this Legislative Assembly for that purpose. Given that the program is not yet in existence, that was identified as a potential cost savings to the department and dollars that could be directed elsewhere so that we're ensuring that we're directing it to where it can best be used. And then once a program does come forward, then I would be able to go to FMB again with a submission, a costed submission and timeline for that delivery. So it's not the department of education that would develop that program and that curriculum for Aurora College; it's Aurora College that is doing that work.

I think it is worth also mentioning programs that are within the department of education, like the mentorship apprenticeship program and the scholarship programs as well, that have really taken off over the last number of years and have seen record enrolment, and so just a huge thank you to your MAP coordinators and also our mentors who are doing that good work. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Monfwi.

Thank you. Thank you for the information. Treaty simulations, it's a one-time funding for treaty simulation project. Can you elaborate more on that, please. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the deputy minister.

Yes, you can bring her in, the ADM.

Mr. Speaker, if possible, can I commit to getting that back to the committee. Thank you.

Yes. Okay, we'll continue on. I'm going to go back to the Member from Monfwi.