Mr. Speaker, the answer is, yes. I believe I would be remiss in my duties, if I did not make that abundantly clear. Thank you.

Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Patterson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was pleased, as I am sure other Members were, with the announcement from the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Programs, about the new nursing diploma program, which is welcome. Mr. Speaker, recognizing that the attrition rate for Baffin candidates for the CNA program, when it was only available at the Stanton hospital in Yellowknife, was quite unacceptable, is it the Minister's intention to see that this nursing diploma program will be delivered in hospitals and through college campuses in other regions of the territories, than just in Yellowknife?

Mr. Nerysoo.

Mr. Speaker, no decision has been made to deliver from any particular campus yet. I want to inform the honourable Member of that.

Secondly, there are aspects of the program that are crucial in terms of regional campus participation on the campus in Iqaluit, if the honourable Member is arguing for that particular campus, in terms of the access program and also the need for communities to participate in the practicum portion of the program. The program location itself has not been determined, but I want to assure you the program we deliver has credibility, not only in the north, but across the country. It makes no sense for us to develop a program simply to fit and to provide an educational training program to just meet the needs of the communities. We have to provide a program that gives availability of employment wherever a candidate wishes to be employed. I think that is absolutely crucial.

Supplementary, Mr. Patterson.

Mr. Speaker, I was not only advocating that the Minister explore delivering the program in the Baffin regional hospital, but that other hospitals, such as the Inuvik hospital, should have that opportunity as well. I take it from the Minister's answer, that further work is to be done before the details of this program, for example, where it is going to be offered, are available. When can we expect to know in which locations this program can be delivered?

Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will probably know, and therefore will make known to Members, where the program could be delivered hopefully by the end of this month. I have a report that is being prepared. I should not say "I", but the board of directors for Arctic College, along with the Department of Education, is having a report prepared that would see us determine what is the most appropriate location to deliver the program itself. There are aspects in the program that require the assistance and participation of the regional campuses and the communities to be involved. Therefore, I think it is important that people in the communities know and appreciate the position from where we are trying to do it and how we are trying to deliver the program. It will not be an exclusion of the communities, nor for that matter, the other campuses in the Northwest Territories.

Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Arngna'naaq.

Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not aware of the situation. I will have to take the question as

notice so I can have an opportunity to review the situation. There is no existing policy, Mr. Speaker.

Question has been taken as notice. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Lewis.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. This Assembly is one in which will attempt to be responsive to the initiatives that take place in various communities in the Northwest Territories. On page 2131 of the unedited version of Hansard, the Minister said, "I am interested in putting a greenhouse into Fort Smith." How does the Minister intend to do that?

Mr. Pollard.

Mr. Speaker, it was probably a bad choice of words. The Department of Economic Development and Tourism is interested in putting a greenhouse into Fort Smith. It would be done by talking to people locally. I have already talked to the local MLA. In fact, we have some people who are interested in doing it, Mr. Speaker. We just have not been able to find the right piece of land yet. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Supplementary, Mr. Lewis.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate that the Minister did not mean that he personally would want to do that. Even if the department wanted to do that, it would still be someone else wanting to do it. Has the Minister then received a proposal from the people of Fort Smith, or an individual in Fort Smith, wanting to do this?

Mr. Pollard.

We have, Mr. Speaker. Two people re interested in doing this project. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Supplementary, Mr. Lewis.

Has that interest gone to the extent of an individual or individuals putting a proposal together outlining what it is they want to do and how they intend to achieve it?

Mr. Pollard.