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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Page 10-23, Education, Culture and Employment. Mr. Beaulieu.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

I’ll take that as a no. I would urge this department to get that work done this year. There’s no need to wait for a review of our child development programs. This is a straightforward program in Aurora College that’s not up to standard. We don’t need to wait for a big, drawn out program next year to do this review. We simply need action, as we’ve been saying for our entire term, to get this up to standard. Will the Minister commit to doing that this year? Thank you.

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I appreciate that detail. So if costs of teachers were higher, would you get more funds or lower funding?

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I appreciate those comments from the Minister. I think some big gains were made last time. I think, probably, the main structure is there. It’s more at the delivery and it’s sort of like we’re hearing about our businesses, the red tape that seems to be involved is becoming a barrier. I’ll leave it at that. I appreciate the Minister’s intent to consider our comments seriously, because I think some tune-ups could be done here without too much kerfuffle, and I’m happy to sit down with the Minister and go over some of the details of the barriers clients are encountering.

I want to move on to the...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Page 10-20, agreed?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

I’m happy to hear that this will be included in the review of student financial assistance. I’m wondering if the Minister will commit to providing us with the other information he referred to, the other ways that this is being addressed through community programs.

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I understand from Mr. Daniels that the schools were assessed on number of graduates and so on. I believe we’ve graduated 30 students from this school and 20 are projected to be graduating this year. Was that in fact the numbers used in the analysis of this school?

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That’s really it, Mr. Chair. I got my budget years mixed up there and I realize August ‘12 is after the ‘11-12 budget year. So that’s it for now. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. We’ve been discussing Education, Culture and Employment, activity summary, education and culture, grants and contributions, pages 10-18, 10-19 and 10-20, for the sum of $164.926 million. Let’s just agree page by page here. Page 10-18, agreed?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On November 4, 2010, this House recommended that eligibility for the Student Financial Assistance program be expanded to include students taking full-time secondary school upgrading programs in preparation for post-secondary education. I’m wondering if the Minister has incorporated that into the program for student financial assistance 2011-2012.