Education MOU remains priority with new minister

Newly appointed Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk said he will continue to work with the First Nations on the Education Memorandum of Understanding which was signed February 2010 between the federal and provincial governments and Treaty 6, 7 and 8. Said Lukaszuk in a teleconference with the media, “I firmly believe that every child, and I underscore every child, in Alberta, should have access to the highest possible level of education regardless of where they live and what their creed, race or ethnicity or religion happens to be. And I’m looking forward to engaging and challenging both my ministry, myself and our Aboriginal leaders to make sure we achieve that goal. At the end of the day there is no excuse for children of any minority or any geographical location to not be a receiving equitable level of education.”