Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Education with respect to the comments he made in reply to my question on the deficit of the South Slave Divisional Board. The Minister made some reference with regard to comments such as people were carrying on expenditures with no authority or no accountability. The South Slave Divisional Board, I knew at the time, was going into serious debt and at the time had written the Minister many

letters, and I appreciate that he had attempted to address these taking into account the legislation that he's working under.

Mr. Speaker, we all now know that as a result of this debt, significant implications on programs are going to have to be adhered to. As I stated earlier, two of my schools, PWK and JBT, are going to be encountering a five PY reduction for the next year. This will be significant for the students. I would like to ask the Minister whether or not, because of this the poor leadership in the past that has created such a debt, his department is going to address the lack of accountability and authority that was used by expending these funds. Thank you.