Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to use my Member's statement to come back to some of the matters raised by me and other Members, of course, in the June session.
Mr. Speaker, many of us had some excitement coming into the election almost a year ago and about where the Aurora College was going in the context of transition to a polytech. And, of course, it wasn't until after being elected sometimes when you find out what really is happening behind the scenes that you find out actually that they're still working on the transition plan but the transition plan isn't funded and things they want to do but they need a mandate. And in our conversations during the June session, it was realized that the new mandate letters were being signed in July of the summer that just had passed. That said, Mr. Speaker, of course, the important part is is we want to make sure the Aurora College for the students, for the North, the economic impact, and of course certainly the educational opportunities that will come with a college that transitions into a polytech, are well disbursed and well realized for all Northerners, Mr. Speaker.
So with that, Mr. Speaker, the issue of the mandate letter as quoted in unedited Hansard was, when I asked would the Minister make it public, she had said she would make it public, she's a fan of transparency based on legislation of course, so obviously if there's something she can't table or make public, I'd like to know why, but I do respect it if that is the case. But that said, there is elements of its mandate letter that could be probably transitioned and hence I look forward to asking those kinds of questions in question period.
At the same time, I'd also asked about funding, and I -- again, I'm not alone on this particular issue but, I mean, as they always say, you know, a vision is just a dream without a plan and if we don't have a plan, you know -- sorry, money -- without money, we don't have a plan -- sorry, is what I was trying to say. And of course to bring it all together; in other words, Mr. Speaker, we need a plan, we need money, and we certainly need a vision, and all of this is for not if it doesn't find a way to coalesce.
So, Mr. Speaker, recognizing that I believe that it can no longer be funded by using leftover dollars from the education program or the diploma social worker program and hoping for those types of dollars, it just won't be sustainable. We need dedicated line items that support this. Mr. Speaker, I'll have questions at the time with respect to this particular matter. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you. I'll move on to the Member from Great Slave.
