Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on May 12, 1994, a report was prepared by Avery Cooper Consulting on the Arctic College environmental programs evaluation report. I believe the consultant was engaged by the Arctic College board of governors to do a formal evaluation.

Mr. Speaker, I'm mystified by some of the recommendations in this report. It was undertaken and completed when it was well-known that two colleges would be established in Nunavut and the western Arctic. Mr. Speaker, there are at present two environmental programs offered: in the Thebacha campus, the renewable resource technology program; and Nunatta campus, the environmental technology program. I believe there are plans under way to offer an environmental technology program in the Inuvik region.

Mr. Speaker, the environmental technology program in Arctic College is evolving to meet the specific needs of implementing the Nunavut land claim and managing Inuit lands and resources, which I understand is the main motive behind the proposed Inuvik program for the claims in those regions. This is, therefore, not the time to try to make the program similar. With the establishment of the new college and the implementation of the Nunavut land claim, this is the time to allow the environmental technology program in the Nunavut college to evolve and grow, not to be confined. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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