Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My question is along the same lines as the last two presenters and it's with regard to the possibility of reallocating certain programs from the larger centres, especially with the question about empowering communities and regions. We have to start looking at exactly where these programs can be better served. In the past, it might have been a good idea to establish them in one location, but I think the tendency in a lot of regions ... Especially where I come from, the Inuvialuit, the Gwich'in and the Sahtu are in the process of amalgamating their pathways funding programs so that they can get more mileage out of their resources.

The same emphasis should be put on this government, where possible -- where new Arctic College facilities have been established, such as Inuvik -- to consider looking at allowing certain programs that have been carried out in other facilities such as Fort Smith. An example is the renewable resources program; I believe that in the last couple of years there has been a request, that went up to the board of governors for Arctic College, to look at the possibility of implementing the renewable resource program in Inuvik because of the land claim agreements that have been settled in that area, especially with the Inuvialuit claim, the Gwich'in and also the Sahtu. There is a component of the agreement that consists of the renewable resources section that calls for a biologist, researchers, and people to carry out the duties of the boards. There is an arrangement between the aboriginal groups, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the federal government to implement those claims and there's something like $10 million to do it over a period of time. With those resources, to try to get as much mileage, and also benefit the people in those regions by having them trained. There's also the geographical costs of sending people south and the question of having people close to home because of the drop-out rate.

My question is would the Minister seriously consider looking at the request of the previous board of governors to look at the possibility of moving some of these programs to regions that could benefit more in the sense of land claims settlements and a closer working relationship between the aboriginal groups in those regions; to establish more of a regional centre than a territorial centre so we could train and educate more people in a regional geographic sense rather than just a territorial facility? Thank you.