Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think that program last year...I was down at the send-off for this group of young people, and there was tremendous enthusiasm. A group of young people who went out on the land doing something very, very constructive, and I think it was a very good example for all of us of what's possible with some imagination.

Another area that I think is a very logical place to put summer students is in community projects. There is a tremendous need all across the Northwest Territories in communities. There are a lot of opportunities for young people to make positive contributions to communities. This also could dovetail in with the youth service Canada program, and some of our kids perhaps could go to southern Canada and some southern Canadian kids could come up to the Northwest Territories.

The concept of encouraging our entrepreneurs is a good one. I think we should again dovetail with the federal program and provide programs to young entrepreneurs. Whether they want to set up a chip wagon in downtown Yellowknife or another business somewhere in the territories, I think it would be a tremendous way to encourage our young entrepreneurs. I think we could improve the career orientation, and the Department of Justice, Department of Finance could be out actively pursuing young students to follow those fields and then to devise a program over a number of years that would help these kids to eventually come back to work here in the north. We've done some of it, I think we could do more.

I think there's a real need for at least a small number of these students to be involved in international exchanges. I think our kids should really have some perspective of what's happening out there in the world. Sometimes in the north we're quite insular.

I also think that one area where we haven't really done nearly enough is formal agreements with the private sector, whereby we'll be prepared to work with them to provide jobs for students in the private sector. That means that we'll top off what the private sector is prepared to do. We could get a lot more bang for our buck.

So what I hope -- and when I make this statement I hope that the Minister is listening -- that this will be a summer of no controversy, that we'll build on our record, and we have a tremendous record in this area. We use some imagination and some enthusiasm. We'll harmonize our program with the federal government. I think by doing this, we'll send out the message that, one, the young people are a major priority with this government. Two, that we'll reward success, and that means kids who are successful in school will be rewarded. We'll encourage partnerships between the GNWT and the federal government, between native and non-native kids, between big communities and small communities.

What I hope to see this summer is that our government will show imagination and some energy and come up with new and innovative approaches, and our students, both native and non-native, will be able to say they're very proud of the fact that no other jurisdiction in the country can offer the same opportunities as those that are found in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.