Mr. Chairman, thanks for the Minister’s remarks. I think the Yellowknives Dene will appreciate that work and will be right there participating.

I just want to say, before I move on, that I am very pleased with about 15 percent increase to the budget for official languages and I want to recognize the Minister for carving out those dollars. I know there are many competing demands, so that extra $1.1 million is going to be an important contribution. I think we need it, obviously, to follow up on the new Languages Strategy.

I just had a quick question on inclusive schooling. We chatted about this...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m afraid that is less than a satisfactory response. I’m sure the federal government is welcome at any of our tables, but here we need to go to their table and do some real work here. So I would have to grade that quite low, Mr. Speaker, and I’m sure the Minister can come up with better.

But I don’t just lay this on the Minister of MACA, Mr. Speaker. Every MLA and especially Cabinet has a role to play, because as the Minister recognizes, this is dealing with the federal government, big daddy out there. I’m wondering what role the Minister sees all of the MLAs and, for...

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Minister Lafferty.

Mr. Speaker, thanks for the Minister’s comments there. Good work has also been done on the development of the recreational leasing framework. Information is being gathered towards a comprehensive understanding of the resource base and the use of the area can bear while maintaining our vital interest in preserving the watershed of Yellowknife for our drinking water supply. The next essential step is an invitation of the general public to contribute its knowledge and suggestions. Will the Minister commit to a full public consultation, keeping in mind the need to allow sufficient time for full...

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good progress has been made towards preventing trespass in the Yellowknife area and on sustainable use of the resources of the Yellowknife block land transfer area. The Department of Municipal and Community Affairs is making good progress both in controlling unauthorized use and developing a plan and I want to recognize that.

A freeze on new leases was announced in December 2009, and legal and administrative action is underway to deal with squatters. Of 16 unauthorized occupancies in the Prosperous-Walsh Lake area, four sites have been voluntarily vacated, five sites...

Thanks, Ms. Bisaro. Just a comment there. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you to the Minister for those remarks. I guess if I can try and paraphrase both the text and the subtext here, we are not offering programs, courses that allow students to complete this in a reasonable time frame. Presumably, the South Slave program is an improvement and contributes to an improvement of that, but a student can grow pretty long in the tooth before they’re able to complete the program because of the lack of offerings. Would the Minister agree with that? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think I understand. So if you combine the Healthy Children Initiative and the Early Childhood Program, that accounts for a large part of the early childhood development figure mentioned on page 10-17 under program delivery details at the bottom. Thank you.

I’ll wait on questions on that for later. I just want to comment a little bit on the Aboriginal language and culture-based education and the official languages.

The Minister has again heard me and has made commitments to help tune up, I think, it’s the community Aboriginal Teacher Education Program. It has been where it’s impossible to complete the degree short of 10 years sort of thing with courses only being offered in Beaufort-Del, and I see now it’s going to be offered in the South Slave. Will this resolve the problem of students who want to get this program under their belt, having to do...