Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I certainly appreciate the concern of the honourable Member. What would happen is we would be developing the general guidelines and criteria for all. In other words, we have to set the general standards to assist the decision making with each of the authorities. It would be dependent, even in the sense of the range of options that might be available, on situations as well. In some instances, the matter of delivery will be dependent on the kind of programs that will be necessary to each in each particular situation.

Mr. Chairman, one of the better organized aboriginal Dene regions, in terms of programming and material, happens to be in the honourable Member's constituency. They have some people who have really been involved in the development of languages. They have developed some excellent material. His particular constituency, along with several others, have developed a good basis for delivering instruction in the aboriginal languages.

So we are allowing decision making to be made by the district education authorities and the divisions. In fact, we are trying to remove as much of the Minister's interference in this area, so the communities can make these choices. They will be made based on standards, criteria and guidelines, so there are no inconsistencies. They will then be able to make decisions on investment, programs and services that could be supported by our government in the context of financial support. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.