Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess I have to be cautious about agreeing with the Member that we just spent $200,000 on buildings that were beyond economic repair, so I am not going to agree to that. We are not saying that.

In the longer term, there does need to be something to address the housing issue in Inuvik and I have met with the Chair of the college board and we’ve talked about the solutions to the housing issue in all three communities, Smith, Yellowknife and Inuvik. The all have housing issues. I have told him I am prepared to consider innovative solutions, and I have encouraged the...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am advised that our people are already working with industry to try and develop that kind of programming, an operator training program to make sure that we have it delivered before people are needed to perform the jobs. So we are trying to stay on top of that.

The other area that I know the Member will be interested in is the area that Mr. Menicoche was talking about, the aboriginal skills employment program. That proposal -- which is shortly going in to the federal government -- will be seeking about $10 million, for a total of $14.5 million worth of training for...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would certainly like to hear if there are problems in communities in terms of there being a willing partner to work with us in training. I would like to know about it if there's a problem having us take advantage of it. We are always anxious to work with partners to make sure training can take place. I think in the past we've been pretty good through the regional offices. The staff have been very aggressive at finding partners and making sure that there are opportunities. But if something seems to be slipping through our fingers and if the Member hears about...

Mr. Chairman, I’m not aware. I think there were three boards in the Northwest Territories that were charging fees. I know that at the meeting with the board Chairs that at least one of the Chairs did mention a number, but I can’t remember what that amount was; I’m sorry.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I think this is an issue that there's an interest for this in high schools right across the Territories. There is a lot of demand for improvement in this kind of programming.

When we had the meeting here on February 24th and 25th with the Chairs of all the DECs, we took an opportunity to talk about partnerships and we talked specifically about this kind of training. The Yellowknife Catholic Schools here have an example of how, through a partnership arrangement, they have managed to put together a fairly good operation. The people from Yellowknife...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If the Member is referring to secondary schooling, then the answer is it would not be likely. If the Member is talking about post-secondary schooling, we currently support students to take their schooling in other jurisdictions if that is where they choose to find that it’s best to do it. There are a number of aboriginal organizations that help their members to top up from student financial assistance to ensure that they can achieve at a higher level if that will help them. That sort of process is always going to be available, but I am not sure that we would be...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I can certainly ask Public Works to have a look at the lease.

I can’t say exactly, because there wasn’t an agreement that goes beyond this year for funding. For instance, last year, the family learning kits which were done in collaboration with the NWT Literacy Council, there was $76,000 in funding. That is one of the areas that is being cut. We have still got the $251,000 that is still going to be going to them. We are going to have to discuss with them how that is being spent, but it is not an easy number to come up with because the amount that the Literacy Council got each year was not the same. So there wasn’t a set amount that was going; it...

Mr. Chairman, let me just read through this list that I have, it may answer the Member’s question, although it may give it in more detail than what she is interested in. Under the task colleges, and we are talking about the $25.69 million. Of that, minor capital under colleges accounts for $211,000; travel, materials, supplies and purchased services accounts for $44,000; under ABE and literacy, curriculum and exam development accounts for $28,000; travel, materials, supplies and purchased services accounts for $14,000; under apprenticeship and training on-the-job subsidy contracts there is...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No, that’s not an optional program. It’s a required part of the curriculum, it must be taught.