I just want to make sure that all students who want to take post-secondary education have access. I am saying that because we had a problem just before Christmas with regard to the new aviation program that was being held in Fort Smith. In the end, I want to make sure that post-secondary education includes pilots, that it does not necessarily have to all be associated with Aurora College or University of Alberta or anywhere else in Canada, and I want to make sure that access is important for all students of the Northwest Territories and there is no distinguishment of where they are going to school. That is all I am asking.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to ask a question on the student financial assistance. For the 2018-2019 actuals to now, there has been an increase. Does that mean there are more students enrolled, or does it mean an increase in student financial assistance?

I just have one final comment, and that has to do, again, with the territorial support team. If they're not doing regular territorial support team referrals to the communities on a regular basis, that is also a gap that I see. I think that, if it is a territorial support team and they are stationed here in Yellowknife, they should be making regular visits to the schools and to all the communities so that they have access to the territorial support team, even without referral. Everybody needs a team like that. You know, to have a qualified team like that, it supposedly should be at the disposal of all the citizens of the Northwest Territories, and I hope there is a way that we can make sure that, with future needs, and especially with the special needs children, we all have the same access. Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's all I have to say. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I also want to talk a little bit about inclusive schooling. When the junior kindergarten came into play, there were gaps because of junior kindergarten, and inclusive schooling isn't back to where it used to be. There were a lot of extracurricular activities that were taken away from both schools in Fort Smith, and there is still a financial gap because of junior kindergarten. All our funds, all excessive funds, were always given to the junior kindergarten program, and there have been some financial gaps. I wonder when those gaps are going to be closed. I do all of my volunteer work at both schools; I always did, since 1995. You know, I support both schools and I support the education system, and I just feel that there are some gaps that have to be filled.

I have a question. We had a recent Auditor General's report, and I want to make sure that there's going to be enough financial allocation to fill those gaps at the DA level, so we could address some of those concerns in the Auditor General's report?

I'd like to ask the Minister: how could you call this a territorial support team if they're not able to go into the communities?

I guess a territorial support team, they're very hard to find qualified people like psychologists and a whole team to go into, to have a team in every community which is ideal and that will never happen, but if the territorial support team is only done by referral, I think there should be a more organized group. The group should actually be doing every month or every two months, at least, into the community. When they're not there, I'm just wondering if the special needs children, the autism and all the special needs that we have at schools, are being financially looked after in a different way.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to ask a question to the Minister with regard to the territorial support team, and how many times they go into the communities. Because it's a territorial support team, I would like to know how many times they come to the community of Fort Smith?

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to reiterate what one of my colleagues said. I would appreciate that, I see the NWT Arts Council, the funding remains the same throughout, and also the Indigenous languages. When you're having flow-through money, I think it's extremely important that we increase them, because the communities are affected. We have a lot of very talented people in the communities, and I think that it's a positive thing. Almost every weekend there are different arts things that go on, even at the museum in Fort Smith. Languages are extremely important, and the cultural aspect of it, to Salt River and to the Metis Nation, and also to even the Francophones. I'd like to see, in future budgets, that these two line items are increased. Okay? I'm going to be accepting them as they are now, of course, but I just want to make sure that you understand how important these are to the outside smaller communities and regions. I know that there's a lot of access to these two line items, especially in the community of Thebacha.