Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On the issue of structure of the department, before I respond to the issue of the ongoing process, I just want to advise the honourable Member that we are preparing plans and, hopefully, we'll have those plans completed by the end of April. Part of that is where we're going as a department in order for us to ensure we are ready for Nunavut in 1999, including the matter of the assistant deputy minister or senior staff member responsible for implementation.

I think it's necessary for us to deal with it in the context of what leadership is necessary so the organizations, including the boards of education, the Government of Canada, Nunavut Arctic College, NITC and NIC, can feel comfortable with it. We hope to have a broad response that will satisfy the direction given at the Gjoa Haven summit in January. I will indicate that we'll work on that and our plans will generally show our commitment to the implementation process, including the matter of staff.

The other component the honourable Member has mentioned with the matter of Nunavut education leaders, I want to say one thing: while that meeting took place in January in Gjoa Haven, let's not forget that the process began in the Keewatin a little over a year ago when the divisional boards of education brought together NITC and NIC in Rankin Inlet to begin the process of discussion about who would be responsible for the delivery of educational programming and post-secondary training. We were involved then and I can advise the honourable Member that we will continue to be involved.

I think what we need to do is get a sense of who will be involved, as was the case with the Nunavut leaders conference but we also need to have a plan of action and part of that will be completed, as I indicated, at the end of April. We're looking at a potential education leadership meeting taking place in May of this year. That will depend on whether or not we can get all the parties together, ensuring all parties are happy and have the time and ability to participate. We will set a date after April 31st and try to work around that. I'm not sure if there's anything else I can offer at this particular juncture.