Item 4, returns to oral questions. Item 5, oral questions. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Education. Mr. Speaker, many concerns have been expressed to me by different constituents and from individuals from Hay River with respect to the management and recruitment practices by the South Slave divisional board. Because these concerns seem to be coming along at a quicker pace, and recognizing the divisional board is still trying to get started, will the Minister make an attempt to meet with the divisional board to ensure he has discussions with them with respect to the public concerns which are being expressed on the practices used. Thank you.

Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have indicated to the chairperson, Mr. Cooper, that I wish to meet with the South Slave school board. I will be discussing a number of the concerns which the honourable Member has raised along with some concerns which I have as the Minister responsible for the delivery of educational programs.

Supplementary, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister has indicated that he has spoken with the chairperson but did not indicate whether he will be meeting with them. Has he set a time frame to meet with the chairperson of the South Slave divisional board? Thank you.

Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To be clear to my honourable colleague and to the colleagues in this House, I do intend to meet with them. I have already indicated that I will meet with them. However, one of the confining restraints on my ability to specify a particular date is my commitment to Members of this House until we conclude discussion. I have asked my staff to contact Mr. Cooper to inform him that we would like to meet as early as possible after the session has concluded.

Supplementary, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is good to hear. Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Education, in his budget opening remarks, indicated in this House, "As I have already mentioned, improved accountability is one of my priorities. Evaluating divisional boards to ensure that they are operating efficiently is one way of improving accountability." After the Ministers discussions with the South Slave divisional board, will he evaluate the South Slave divisional board to ensure that the work they are doing is enhancing and improving accountability for the delivery of education in the South Slave? Thank you.

Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to indicate that this is one of the issues which we will hopefully discuss with the board chair and the executive of the South Slave board of education. I also want to be clear to ensure that whatever decisions I undertake have the support of my Cabinet colleagues and the Members that are affected by any decision of that magnitude or on that basis.

Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Ningark.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. As mentioned earlier in my Member's statement, for the people who make arts and crafts or print makers, the price of their crafts are very low. Once their craft goes retail the price increases. How can the Minister review the price of the

arts and crafts? Can he assist them through the department? Thank you.

Mr. Pollard.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Very early on last year we realized that the problem was marketing arts and crafts out of the Northwest Territories. We have been addressing that issue. In fact, there is going to be a meeting in southern Canada today between the cooperative and some representatives from other agencies that buy arts and crafts in the Northwest Territories, and a person who we were using in Europe, Angel Cosmos, to see if we can move more of the products into Europe.

Mr. Speaker, we have also made some in roads into the Japanese market, but it is becoming apparent to us that carvers are not necessarily being paid enough money for their carving. In other words, the mark-up takes place either at the wholesale level, or certainly, at the retail level. We are looking at that right now, Mr. Speaker. I am not sure what we can do about it, but we can certainly look at it and point out where the mark-ups are occurring and we may come up with the fact that carvers are not getting enough money for their art work. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Patterson.

Madam Premier.

Mr. Speaker, at this time, the decision has not been made. We are looking to where parks could fit best and how it works with the various departmental responsibilities. We have suggested, by July 1, an implementation plan on how that would work should be done. At the moment, there has been no decision to take that step. Thank you.

Supplementary, Mr. Patterson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is very helpful. I understand that July 1 is the deadline for the implementation plan, not the implementation. That is helpful to me. I would like to ask a follow-up question to the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, since yesterday in this House, he said he supported the separation of those two responsibilities. In this proposed transfer, which is still being considered, which department would have responsibility for visitors' centres if the transfer of the parks division goes over to Renewable Resources? Thank you.

Is this question for the Premier?

It is to the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism.