Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to note yesterday's incident during oral questions to the Minister of Education of his claim that everyone goes through university and his claim that he's a lawyer; his dad's a lawyer; I don't know how many others he would have referred to, and the biggest thing is all of Cabinet applauded him. This was during my statement of the plight of education in the small communities.
Many times I've said I have those lived experiences; I'm from a small community. Education levels are dismal. I've been at this since 2019.
I don't know if the education minister would like to apologize to all the small community students who achieve to even try to get out of grade 12 with a grade 12 level so that they can attend university. And many do. We have leaders, many leaders who go to make speeches and tell them to follow their dreams, you know, their dreams is as high, their success is as high as you want it to be. They're naive. They don't know that. They can't make that dream a reality. And I've stated that many times.
There is a big problem in our communities with education. It's being ignored by this government. We need some actions happening to improve education in our small communities, and we need action now.
As I speak passionately about this education in the small communities, the Minister's not from a small community. He doesn't know. He's young yet. You know, he hasn't been around the block in Education for very long. We've been trying to educate him, to work with him. But I'm just getting brash answers and it's constantly, and a lot of showboating lately.
So I'll have a question maybe a question for the Minister of Education at the appropriate time. Mahsi.
Thank you, Member for Deh Cho. Members' statements. Member for Frame Lake.
