Thank you. The honourable Member for Mackenzie/Delta, Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Just to indicate to the honourable Member that it has been for a year now, since we took the responsibility over, that the policy has been under review. It is our intention to ensure that some basic principles are adhered to. One, the application of the policy is applied to every community that requests the support. Secondly, that the resources will be appropriately allocated so we don't have child care services that are not properly funded, nor parents who are not properly funded.

The other element that is important for us to consider is under the income support review, investing in people. It's our consideration that for those parents who are utilizing social assistance, it's our suggestion that we utilize the social assistance programming to encourage them to train, under which they would also utilize the resources for child care services.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Ningark.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Supplementary, through you, to the same Minister. We have women's groups in my communities of Pelly Bay, Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak, that are very important in this program. There are women in the community who are not part of women's groups, common people, who are interested to know what is going on because we have been told for a number of years now that there is a program in place, but people in the communities are not aware of the program. I hope the honourable Minister will direct his staff within the region to consult with the people about what is available in the system. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Yes, I will certainly take note of the honourable Member's advice. In fact, Madam Speaker, this year, for the first time, other than having a term position, we will be putting in place a full-time position for the Nunavut communities so we have a

program development officer to help the communities in Nunavut develop programs to take advantage of the child care services, including the possibilities of us improving services generally across the Northwest Territories.

Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Whitford.