Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly, Mr. Speaker, an answer is expected. All honourable Members should realize that we are in the process of developing a strategy for Nunavut Arctic College. That particular document has not been completed. It will deal with the matter of program delivery.

The other component is that we have Mark Cleveland and the staff who he is associated with dealing with this particular matter. In fact, they should be meeting this week or within the next few weeks with the boards to address this matter of training.

There are a number of serious problems with the Nunavut Implementation Commission's report that causes us some very significant concerns. responsibility; it rests in the hands of the Nunavut Implementation Commission and really has to be resolved with the Nunavut leadership.

However, I can advise the honourable Member that having met with the Nunavut Arctic College, the Aurora College Board and Yukon College Board in Fort Smith; having met last week with the chairs of the Nunavut boards of education; we are all concerned about ensuring that we have a consistent approach to educational and training matters for Nunavut. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Item 6, oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ningark.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the honourable Minister for his response. Can the Minister be a little bit more specific and let us know when? I know the matter is in the works, but I would like to know, on behalf of the Nunavut people, when these questions will be resolved by the Minister; exactly when. Thank you.

Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to advise the honourable Member that the document and resolutions are being dealt with right now. The problem is that we can't agree on a plan of action until we're satisfied collectively about what it is that we intend to do. I can advise the honourable Member that with regard to calling a meeting which the department would organize, it has been agreed generally that the suggestion that I made that we meet later on this fall has been accepted. There are a number of other points that have to be dealt with, Mr. Speaker: The Nunavut Arctic College plan; the whole issue of dealing with the Nunavut Implementation Commission report on a single divisional board, which the board members and the chairs do not agree with.

So the problem isn't necessarily a departmental issue, it's an overall transitional plan issue; therefore, makes it difficult. If the Nunavut Implementation Commission changes their view on a single board, then it makes our work much simpler because we're working with institutions that are already in place from K to 12, than from the Arctic College board as it is presently in existence. But those are some of the major problems that we're encountering. I hope that our relationship with the divisional boards, which has been excellent to date, and the working relationship I've developed now with the chair and the Nunavut Arctic College board has been excellent, and I hope to continue to work with them to ensure that we do the job and to respond to the recommendations that have been made.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Lewis.