Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment further to my colleagues questions about the review of the ministerial directive. I’m sure the Minister is tired of hearing from me that the situation in Hay River is different from the situation in Yellowknife. I was just wondering, in this ministerial directive is any new implementation of it going to take into account that there are differences between the two communities or is it going to be a one size fits all solution? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Masi. Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Because it’s a ministerial directive and we do have the two schools here in Yellowknife and in Hay River that are affected, it will be reflective of both situations throughout the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Just one last question on this issue. The Minister stated that he’s working with the education boards, the school boards in Hay River, to come up with a space-sharing plan. I know in the past some of the issues have arisen because the department was a little heavy-handed. Are the school boards going to be the ones deciding how to share the space is my question? Has the department sort of stepped back and let the schools decide together, because that seems how the solutions… Those have been the best solutions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Ideally we’d like the school boards to come up with a solution to adjust the issue. Our department is working with both school boards to see how we can adjust some of the space sharing agreements. We’re looking at trying to make some decisions here. Our department is going to be working with the education authorities to see how we can adjust some of that space sharing concerns in Hay River and with the gymnasiums as well.
