Thank you, Madam Speaker. As the Minister of Culture has said, this week has been proclaimed as literacy week by the NWT Literacy Council, with much participation by other community groups and government. The theme this year is "reading can take you anywhere."

Last year, 26 communities were involved with over 8,500 readers registering. Colville Lake had the highest rate of participation, with 100 per cent of the people in the community participating.

Individual communities have also planned activities. For example, in my community of Igloolik, the school has obtained some of the old pictures...