I think for the on-reserve young people it really comes down to some one-on-one planning. Certainly my observations across the board are that when we're dealing with turning things around in terms of aboriginal education, it's the one-on-one mentorships, the one-on-one help with kids in school that help. I think we can learn some of the lessons from Manitoba and Saskatchewan that would apply on reserve. Clearly, over the decades we haven't done a good enough job and there's more work to do, but I do think it comes down to dealing with kids on a very individual basis.
On October 4th, 2012. See this statement in context.