Thank you. Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Nerysoo.

The strategy document and advice that was given by the community consultation groups is contained in the document. That portion of the development of the document is complete. What now has to take place are the components of that strategy and we are already in the process and have concluded a number of those initiatives.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Koe.

Education is a concern right across the north. I am just wondering, is it the intention of the department to have more consultation on this printed document with grassroots people or is it now going to be up to the academics and the bureaucrats to implement this strategy?

Minister of Education, Mr. Nerysoo.

Madam Speaker, I don't want to express disappointment with the honourable Member, but the fact is that it has been focus groups that have met -- in fact one group met in Inuvik -- on two particular issues. There was a territorial symposium on the issue of child care. On the matter of the Dene Kede curriculum and Innuqatigiit, aboriginal communities are involved in the development of those documents. They are important components to the conclusion of the strategy itself.

In a number of these cases, actual implementation and specific work in those areas we have identified has to take place now. That is something that has to be done in conjunction with our divisional and school boards.

Supplementary, Mr. Koe.

I didn't intend the Minister to get upset at me for asking questions about his report and trying to clarify some issues. I know the groups are mentioned in this document and I know there has been a lot of consultation, but there are still many people out there with children in school systems who would like to look at this and read it to see what the department and Minister is intending. That is my point. It is a large document. There is a lot of information in here and I just want to know how does the Minister propose to get this information out to grassroots people; people in the community who are concerned about education?

Minister of Education, Mr. Nerysoo.

Madam Speaker, we are going to do the same thing we have done for the last two years: have the communities participate in analysing the information that we provided them. Much of the documentation and information we have received has been from the communities and we are going to continue to advise them. Just so that Members know, the document has been sent to all political leaders, all the CECs, all the school boards, Arctic College board members and every conceivable organization we can provide it to.

Thank you. Final supplementary, Mr. Koe.

Mahsi. I have always been an advocate of using plain and simple language, so people can read, understand and digest information. What is the department doing to provide people in the communities the knowledge of what is in this strategy?

Minister of Education, Mr. Nerysoo.

Madam Speaker, what we are doing is trying to advise the CECs and the boards of what is contained in the document. We are also trying to involve them in the development of the Education Act, which is a key component in the implementation of the strategy.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife North, Mr. Ballantyne.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I have a question for the Minister responsible for the Power Corporation. Madam Speaker, I seem to have a bit of a problem here. I asked the Minister responsible a written question asking for the simple increased cost of a 22 per cent surcharge to Royal Oak and Con. For some reason, whoever

answered the question didn't quite understand my question, so I didn't really get a response back.

Then I asked an oral question and three supplementary questions asking the same question and the Minister said at first that it was in front of the Public Utilities Board and then her last response was, she didn't know. But that is the reason, Madam Speaker, why I asked the written question in the first place, because I didn't think she would know. So, we're right back to where we started from.

So, I will try again. I understand the Minister's embarrassment in answering this question. I would be embarrassed too, because the numbers probably are quite hefty. My question to the Minister is, would the Minister agree that the cost to Royal Oak and to Miramar would be 22 per cent more than what they are paying presently?