First, the Trois-Soleils school, a francophone school with francophone staff, offers schooling from kindergarten to grade 9. Parents from that community would like the school to offer a full high school program in order to make sure that the children remain within the francophone school network and do not switch over to the English school network, or have to return to their province or territory of origin.
In terms of collaboration with the government, we feel that a very important political move was made when a premier asked his deputy premier, as was done a few weeks ago, to strike a committee made up of deputy ministers from many departments to look into the issue of services.
The issue of education is unique. Several attempts were made to change education legislation. The anglophone, francophone and Inuit communities have still not reached a consensus on this. The government is aware of this. Because the Government of Nunavut works through consensus, because there are no political parties, reaching the broadest possible social agreement is critical. As long as that doesn't happen, we don't move forward.