Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, several months before the new colleges were created in January of 1995, both colleges, East and West, undertook planning exercises to find out just where they should be going. The planning process for Nunavut Arctic College incorporated the views expressed to the steering committee in a number of communities across Nunavut. One of the major things that this steering committee was told was that the new college had strengthened its regional presence. Subsequently, regional balance was adopted as one of the five strategic objectives in the college corporate plan.

I think, Mr. Speaker, that the program relocation does, as the Member says, reflect a political demand for a regional strengthening of the campuses. I think that it represents the views of the people throughout Nunavut. I have to respect the views of the representative body that provides the governance for Nunavut Arctic College; that being the board of governors. So, Mr. Speaker, I cannot make the commitment the Member seeks.