Paul Delorey

Thank you, Madam Chair. Then I guess I was reading this a little wrong, because I was thinking this 620/872 as the total enrollment in the schools, but I take it this is just aboriginal students then. Okay. My next question would be what does it look like in the total population of kids? In the enrollment in high schools in general are we seeing more kids entering the high school and going on to graduation? Do you track those figures at all, and how is that looking? Are we constantly improving in that area, as well? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a few comments on the Minister's opening remarks. I was going to talk about the early childhood development program, but it has been addressed quite extensively already and I am sure the Minister has gotten the message that that's a program that everybody is hesitant to see disappear. I know that the Minister will do whatever he can to find funds to keep that program going. But I was wondering if the Minister could maybe expand a little bit more when we're giving numbers out how they relate to actuals, how we can see where the system is improving. For...

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. I recognize Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just one final comment on the reduction of $926,000 for the transfer to the NWT Housing Corporation. Is there an offsetting amount? Is there anything that shows up in the Housing Corporation’s budget that ties into this figure? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, could the Minister tell me…I think I heard him say that he feels all the other loan guarantees are pretty secure. Is the Minister fairly confident that all the other loans are on good standing and there is no danger of them having to be called on for these loan guarantees? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a few short comments. Some of these comments were brought up in our committee report, but I just wanted to ask a couple of questions anyway. I wanted to ask on the $120,000 increase in grant-in-kind equal to the value of interest of non-negotiated settlement and that is due to diamond manufacturing companies. This is an issue that has come up and there has been some concern raised about how a company could negotiate a settlement for this. I know from hearing about this that the government is probably caught between a rock and hard place, as far as getting...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, seeing as today is Friday, I would like to close out the week with a good-news story. What I am referring to, Mr. Speaker, is the recent announcement by the Minister of Justice that Ms. Bernadette Schmaltz has been appointed as a judge to the territorial court and she will be residing in Hay River.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My line of questioning was in the same area as Mr. Villeneuve's. I have gotten my questions answered so I will pass it along. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There were a couple of others areas I was going to ask questions on, but it’s been brought up and it’s addressed in our committee report as well, especially in information technology and projects. We always see increases in there. On the $294,000 reduction due to winding down of equal pay settlements, if it’s winding down are we done with equal pay settlements or is that still an ongoing issue?