Mr. Speaker, I do want to indicate to my honourable colleague that the capital planning process, itself, is only one portion of the work that the department does, in terms of responding to the education needs of our children, or for that matter, adults who want to attend college programs.

The problem that we all have to recognize is the very significant increase in our community populations of students. You must recognize that, in the context of the resources that have been allocated, there have been no significant increases in the Department of Education. Let's be very honest about that. There are no major, significant increases in capital expenditures that would reflect what I have identified -- and what has previously been identified -- as the significant population increases in the Northwest Territories.

I have made it known to Members of this Assembly, to my colleagues in Cabinet and to the Standing Committee on Finance that we are bursting at the seams at every school in the Northwest Territories. At this particular juncture, in order for us just to keep up with the needs for this year -- so I can address the issues in Chesterfield Inlet and the issues in Igloolik and Pond Inlet, or for every community -- we're short approximately $16 million this year. That is what we are short.

We would require an additional $6 million for the next five years, in order for us to just keep up with the renovation requirements so that we could accommodate those increases in student population. That is what is required. Because there have been other requirements requested in this House -- what Members have considered priorities -- we have been unable to make the necessary major changes in capital expenditures to accommodate what I consider to be one of the more significant requirements in our communities.