Natalie believes the impact of this frequent moving was felt by her older son who ended up repeating a grade because he missed parts of the curriculum since the programs were different in the schools, "He was supposed to be done in grade 4 and they didn't do it…It [his cumulative student record] got lost somewhere. It got sidetracked. So he lost out on all that."

Unfamiliar with where to turn for assistance at school, and feeling like she had little or no voice there, Natalie complained to her Member of Parliament²². Natalie explains that she was told that if she was not happy with what was happening at that school that she should move to another neighbourhood and enrol her children in another school. This lack of support did not sit well with Natalie, as she pointed out:

But that there was not the answer. Why should children from this area get less - or settle for less than a child that lives up in the rich part of town. Do you know what I mean? Like a good area? Why should they get it? To me, I feel like the government is a big part of it… And they don't wanna - they don't wanna invest the money at the time in the school here because they are thinking, "oh well these children all come from low rentals. They all come from a family that's on welfare. They're not going to do any better than the parent. That's their environment they live in so why waste our money…taxpayers' money." That's not fair. Not every kid is gonna turn out like that.

²² A Member of Parliament is an elected official of the Canadian House of Commons and represents regional and local concerns of the constituents in his or her riding.