Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will just add my words of thanks to both of you for appearing here today.
I certainly resonated with much of your story, Ms. Young, especially as it relates to your experience with your parents. I applaud you for bringing that component to the table today because many times that aspect of education is not given the kind of support it needs, especially as you identified the cultural and the spiritual roots that make you who you are today.
Also, with regard to determining the content of education, Mr. Matthew, in terms of your signature on the tripartite agreement, I assume you're a proponent of that and eager to see that succeed in the K to 12 area. I would certainly agree with you that it has the potential to also be one of the huge measures of success for post-secondary education.
I have two questions. One is for Ms. Young.
You mentioned a big problem with teacher turnover, and I'd like you to address that briefly, if you could.
Then regarding the grade 12 graduation certificate and how much shortfall there is in terms of the people accessing that certificate and having adequate preparation for post-secondary, could you identify, Mr. Matthews, some of the reasons for that and then what numbers of people are enrolled in that interim preparatory course that you mentioned? Where does the funding come from? I think you mentioned it's primarily from the students themselves. Are there any other avenues of funding?
Could I ask Ms. Young to respond? Her response to my question might satisfy some of Mr. Lévesque's question as well. That was the intent.