Alfred Moses

There was a lot of things that aligned in terms of this project coming to fruition. The Post-Secondary Institute Strategic Investment Fund, they put out a call for the amount of I think $3 billion, and we took the opportunity to see if we could access that funding. On this specific project, it is a 60/40 split, we're covering off 60 per cent of the program. In terms of the heavy equipment project itself in Fort Smith, they already run a program. This funding will help upgrade the garage for both practical work as well as in-classroom instruction.

Also with our Skills 4 Success Action Plan, when...

Yes, I will commit to doing that. I chair one of the education training and youth committees, and I want to make sure that it's on the agenda and that it is a priority especially for the small communities where it's needed most and finding the unique and innovative ways to get our residents educated, trained and also into the workforce.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I understand the concern that the Member has, having adults in the schools with high school students as well. As we're preparing our Education Renewal and Innovation Action Plan it all ties in really well with our pathways to graduation, for one thing it's kind of similar to incorporating some of the daycare classrooms, the junior kindergarten to the school setting as well. It just adds an easier transition. When we do build in the communities, we try to look at how can do the best in terms of building to incorporate all services moving forward, such as having those kind...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We did share a letter with them. As mentioned in the questions earlier today that we can share that proposal with the interested parties. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

We could meet all together, but I was going to talk to the Member aside and just give him a little bit of other updates on some other things that was happening behind the scenes in terms of some of the work that our department has been doing to move forward on the process. If we have that meeting, we're just going to be talking about what we proposed in terms of our court obligations as well as what we're developing in terms of our standards.

We're always looking at reviewing our programs to make them more efficient and more effective for the residents of Northwest Territories. The CSCCS Program wasn't fully utilized over the last few years. I believe we had over 300 people who took part in it last year and got trained and skill developments. Myself, I just recently went to a labour market FPT meeting down at Quebec City where we're looking at getting more incremental dollars that might be able to offset some of those costs, but we can review it. The dollars have been fully utilized. Maybe we can do a better job of promoting it and...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Currently, Tsiigehtchic isn't on the list but, as I mentioned, we are continuing to do that survey and it is based on needs of the community. If the Member is saying that there is a need in the school, we'll reach out to them and see what kind of resources they have in the school for the junior kindergarten. Thank you.

Yes, we submitted it in September. I'll have to get the exact dates, and as mentioned we should hopefully be hearing something back in January or February. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, I have committed to sharing that proposal with the parties, and as mentioned in the House earlier, but we've got to get to work too, you know. We've got that court order to build a gymnasium, to build the two classrooms, and then we looked at the two additional classrooms, because we saw the enrolment rates going up, but we can't not miss a building in a construction season. So we've got to get to work at the same time, meeting our court order, our obligations. But we will share that proposal with the francophone community. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm sure we can share with the APADY and CFSTNO, and even though we did put in one proposal to see if we can offset some of these costs, it doesn't mean that we couldn’t put in another application when they do that call out afterwards. But what we did put in, in discussions with CFSTNO, in some of our initial meetings, we want to see what results come back to us in January-February. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.