Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would just advise the honourable Member that we have been working with the South Slave Divisional Board of Education.

Just to advise the Member, the retirement funding is not an issue. We have accepted total responsibility for paying those funds out and it's not a liability that is laid within the budget of the South Slave Divisional Board of Education. We work around that.

There are some other factors, unfortunately, that the honourable Member is aware of and one is that people were carrying on expenditures for the last few years with no authority and really with no accountability, including a recruitment of additional staff that was above and beyond the formula and the dollars that were assigned.

Just to indicate to the honourable Member, we have been meeting with Dr. Walter Curtis and Mrs. Ruth Bowden on a number of occasions. We have tried to work the issue out.

Just to advise the honourable Member, the strategy for reducing the deficit is over a three-year period; however, despite that, there will be significant consequences to the program delivery. But my honourable colleague and I know, at least from our discussions with the South Slave Divisional Board of Education and discussions in this House, that this issue is a long-standing issue. The sad part is that some of the previous leadership did not want to deal with it appropriately and the unfortunate thing is that it is now laid in the hands of the new leadership.

So we are trying to work with them, but I can't in any way suggest to the honourable Member that the issue is going to be easily resolved. But we will consider the concerns the honourable Member has raised.