Daryl Dolynny

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Committee, do we agree we have concluded Committee Report 9-17(5)?

Bill 26 is now deemed ready for third reading.

---Bill 26 approved for third reading

I’d like to thank Mr. Bouchard, sponsoring from the Board of Management, and Mr. Brock and Mr. Chutskoff for joining us here today. Sergeant-at-Arms, if I can have you escort the witnesses out of the House.

Committee, as agreed upon earlier here this afternoon, we are going to now turn our attention to Committee Report 8-17(5), Standing Committee Report on Rules and Procedures on the Report on the Review of the Auxiliary Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on Issues Arising from the 2011 General Election. I’ll...

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Committee, the amended motion is in order. To the amended motion. Mr. Hawkins.

I have listened carefully to the debate over the last few months and even today and have listened to constituents who are afraid that junior kindergarten will reduce the funding available to children with special needs especially requiring one-on-one attention.

My question to the Minister of ECE is as follows: Can you assure this House and the parents of the Northwest Territories that funding for students who require extraordinary assistance will not be affected through the implementation of junior kindergarten?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Mr. Nadli.

I’ll take that more as a comment, but if Mr. Brock wishes to respond.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Committee, we will just have to break for a second to prepare an amendment to this motion. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There has been a lot of debate around junior kindergarten and much of that has to do with funding or the apparent lack of funding that is provided to educational authorities to implement this new program. Most of this criticism was around the funding and, I believe, not the merits of junior kindergarten itself. Again, my questions today will be for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.

I think the burning question here today, and I think in the minds of many, is: Why did the Minister just not seek additional funding to pay for junior kindergarten?

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. The motion is in order. To the motion.