Thank you, Madam Speaker. I think what becomes difficult is the idea of changing the initiative without considering all factors. I understand the concerns that the honourable Member has raised, however, the initiative itself was to encourage and to develop northern NWT community-based training to encourage people in the communities to become part of the teacher training program. That has been our focal point so far.

I would be cautious about the idea of extending the incentives in other institutions because it would mean that you would have to consider the students in Arctic College generally. There are other programs, and there have been criticisms of this government because we have not provided assistance to other program areas. I think that I would be very careful with the concept of providing additional financial resources to students in southern Canada because you would expand the total requirement to most students who are in educational programs.

The other issue that the honourable Member should be aware of is that a year ago, particularly for aboriginal students, we increased the total amount of dollars we were providing to those students because we increased and moved the students' financial assistance to those levels that were being provided by Indian Affairs generally across the country. There is another point that should be considered and it is that there is an additional living allowance that is normally paid and provided to students that require additional finances, particularly if they have family members to support. It all depends on the applications and the additional requirements, and we will review every application and deal with them as fairly as possible.

On the matter of providing the same incentives to students in southern Canada as compared to within our communities, I would be very careful about the idea of expanding that particular program. We are reviewing, as well, the student financial assistance program, and maybe some of the concerns the honourable Member has raised may be addressed in that particular review.