Mr. Speaker, based on the funding formula that the Department of Education allocates to divisional boards of education, based on enrolment of the previous year, in respect to Victor Sammurtok School in Chesterfield Inlet, the community is eligible for 4.5 teachers for this year and 1.5 teacher assistants. This means they are eligible for one additional teacher from the previous year. However, when we fund the divisional boards, based on this enrolment formula, it is up to the divisional boards of education in the regions to allocate funding to the communities where there feel it is a priority.

So it is not up to us to tell the divisional boards how many teaching positions should be allocated to Chesterfield Inlet. That is the responsibility of the divisional board. We fund the divisional board based on the enrolment. Up to this point, the Victor Sammurtok School is eligible for 4.5 teaching positions

and 1.5 classroom assistants, which is a one person year increase from previous years.