Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we are.

Supplementary, Mr. Ningark.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is there any funding made available to the local communities through the education councils or the divisional boards? Thank you.

Mr. Nerysoo.

I believe, Mr. Speaker, the matter of funding will be addressed by the Premier because she is actually responsible for funding under the languages agreement. However, I can indicate that we are developing an Inuktitut curriculum that will include the teaching in the appropriate language and the courses in the languages. We will be piloting that curriculum this year and hopefully we will expand it next year into most of the schools in the Nunavut area.

Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Arvaluk.

Madam Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe some have been done, but not all. I will take the question as notice and provide a further answer.

The question has been taken as notice. I would like to recognize in the gallery, Anthym Kadjuk, chairman of the Keewatin Regional Council...

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...Bette Palfrey, chairperson of the Keewatin health board.

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Item 5, oral questions. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Mr. Speaker, before I proceed, I seek unanimous consent to extend question period.

The honourable Member is seeking unanimous consent. Are there any nays? There are no nays. Please proceed, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board.

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That is unparliamentary, you know. Mr. Speaker, the Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board replied with respect to a grant which was given to the Federation of Labour for $15,000 to develop an NWT workers' education program on WCB matters. I have noticed that this type of decision was made by both Ron Williams, the then deputy chairman of WCB and Jim Evoy, who is on the board of directors. I would like to ask the Minister, since Mr. Evoy was also the president of the Federation of Labour and a board member, does the Workers' Compensation Board have any guidelines with respect to board members conducting themselves in accordance to possible conflict or perceived conflict of interest? Thank you.

Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not aware of any conflict of interest guidelines as they relate to this kind of action taken by Mr. Evoy. However, I can look into it and report back to the honourable Member with respect to this particular instance where $15,000 was given to the Federal of Labour to do a feasibility study on the workers' education program.

Item 5, oral questions. Supplementary, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In addition to that, to the same Minister on the same topic, can I ask what type of report we received for $15,000 on this issue?

Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We did receive on December 18, 1992, an interim report, which is made up of one and a half pages. We received a bill for $11,450.

Supplementary, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

I am just wondering if it was printed on gold paper, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister, since he said there was an interim two page report for the sum of $11,450, and knowing that this grant was for $15,000, will the Minister be able to advise the House as to when he anticipates receiving a final report for the amount that is expended from the Workers' Compensation Board funds?

Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. According to brother Crawford, who is the first vice-president of the Federation of Labour, the study -- whatever that is going to be -- should be completed by the end of March, which is today. I will inquire as to when we can expect a more comprehensive report for the money that has been expended. Thank you.

Supplementary, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.