Alfred Moses

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In fact, that would be $2.7 million. The other one, the other part of that in that $5.1 million was already in the main estimates, so then, when we made the decision, the $2.7 million would be on top of this, and that would have to come through a supplemental.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Of course, Aurora College and the Department of ECE take that declaration very seriously, including the respect for and importance of Indigenous knowledge. Aurora College will continue to seek new ways to incorporate Indigenous knowledge, world views, and approaches in all of its programs. All Aurora College programs serve Indigenous learners, not only in social work or the TEP program but through all the programs that it does serve. As well, the department has done a lot of work around residential schooling as well as cultural training for our Northerners but also for...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. With the implementation of junior kindergarten, as I mentioned, we currently have 20 communities that are running junior kindergarten programs right now, and there has not seemed to be a big impact. In fact, I know for the Member's riding we do have support from the superintendent that it is working well. As I mentioned earlier, with the four-year-olds going into the school system, they will have access to more supports, more resources, and more teachers within the school setting. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is due to less uptake in the program. Historically, Student Financial Assistance, we have always seen about $1.3 million that lapsed every year, and so this year we just decided to look at taking that $1.3 million out. It is not always fully utilized, and, historically, we have always seen that $1.3 million over-lapsed, around there. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Historically, we have always worked with College nordique in terms of funding. The year previous to the amount that I have given for last fiscal year was even significantly lower. We will continue to work with them. I don't have the exact line item for this budget with me, but I can get that detail and share it with the Member.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Currently, we are going to move ahead the way we have always rolled out this program. I appreciate the feedback from Members, actually. I know that a lot of Members were asking to not have a wage subsidy. We will take that feedback. As we come up with the strategy, we will take that into consideration. Right now, as of today, we are still going to be moving forward with the wage subsidy the way it is. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The previous year's funding under the care and storage for the Government of Nunavut Museum, that was funding specifically for positions to take care of the artifacts and the archives for the materials from Government of Nunavut.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. They have been completed and letters and packages have been sent out to all the education boards last December.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We did have an MOU with the Government of Nunavut, that we were storing a lot of their artifacts over at our museum. Since then, they have taken out all of their artifacts and they are in the process, I think, of moving it down to Winnipeg, so that is that MOU that does not exist anymore. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Not at this moment. I know ITI deals more on the business side. We deal with individual applications. As I mentioned earlier, the strategy that we are looking at bringing forth and presenting to committee and to the House should be completed by June of this summer.