Shane Thompson

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are going to go round and round in circles here because once she said we could apply for it. I am going to have to go to my constituents and say, "Here is an option. You may have to use your SFA," so I thank the Minister for her time. No further questions.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am not arguing it is a great program, but if all you are going to see is the teachers and the union and the boards, what about the parents? Have you guys reached out to the parents and asked them how? Because I have heard a number of parents who don't like the SCIP process and that, so again, you know, I understand the teachers and the union and the leaders like that, but what about the parents, and how does their feedback fit into this evaluation process? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Albert George Norwegian left behind an incredible legacy of family, humour, love, and friendship.

Albert was born on December 21, 1933, at Rabbitskin, Deh Cho. This was during the time of the Mad Trapper of Rat River story. His mother was carrying him at this time. Albert's life began with this adventure, and he and his family talked about the story of his mom worrying about the Mad Trapper coming to Rabbitskin.

Albert was the last son of Joseph and Elizabeth Norwegian to pass away. Albert lived in Fort Providence when he passed away.

Albert possessed an incredible work...

Okay. Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, if I sent you client A, who has come to me and said he wants to upgrade, does not want to access his SFA, and he comes to one of the people in your department and says, "This is what I want to do. I want to go to Fort Liard to do the upgrade," is that something that your department would be willing to look at and allow the people to apply for accessing that program? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, I agree, people complain about change. It is not what we are looking for, but I am talking about the impact on our students. That there is my biggest concern when, you know, right now I know, in the riding I represent, we are two positions short, so that is putting a demand on the other two who are doing the job, and the travelling team. So, again, are we providing the best service? That there is my concern, that, if we are not providing the service, we are not doing the job for the youth. If we are talking the end of the year, when will we see the reports on the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The thing is, though, I don't want for them to liquidate all of their SFA to do upgrading. What I am looking through is if income support allows the person to go from their small community to a centre. I'm not talking going down south. I am talking about moving like to Fort Liard from Nahanni Butte, which has a learning centre there so they can access the program, so they get income support, which will also help them provide for food and accommodations there. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In regard to these new child and youth care counsellor positions, have you got any feedback to see if it is working in the communities that presently have started this new initiative? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. In regards to productive choices, we are talking about that, would the ability for somebody to upgrade, would they be able to do that through this program? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I apologize. I was looking at it through the evaluation part of it. Is this the area where we talk about the SCIP and the evaluation of that? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I understand in the riding that I represent they already have plan of what they want to allocate the money for. If it is more than 7 percent, does that mean that they can't do the project; they have to find the money elsewhere? Thank you, Mr. Chair.