Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am very happy to hear the Member say that education is his first priority. I share the Member's ranking of priorities in this issue and believe that education must remain our first priority. I think we have a real opportunity that faces us now, that's the number of jobs which will be created with the creation of Nunavut. This will provide some new employment in the Nunavut region. The Member is absolutely correct, we have in place a good part of the infrastructure which is needed to deliver the training with the college campuses in the Nunavut region.

The Member asked if the $40 million could be administered by the colleges or the department, and I am certainly willing to say that we could administer it. Obviously, with the

infrastructure being in place right now, we, too, hope that the training funds will be funnelled through the college to ensure that we take advantage of the infrastructure that's in place. There will have to be some agreement between all of the parties to allow us to administer those funds, but we're hopeful that we will see that sort of agreement, rather than having a whole new infrastructure being set up to provide the training. The concern is that if that infrastructure has to be recreated by a different body, you spend more money on infrastructure and less of it actually gets into training for residents of Nunavut.

So, yes, we do have a training plan. Can I share it with the House right now? No, because at this point in time it's in draft stage and is just going out for consultation with the beneficiary groups. We need to get some input from them, then, perhaps, make some revisions before the plans are finalized. But the plans will be public as of July 9th, and we can commit that these will be public. I think each department is required to post them in a public place after July 9th. So this will be a very public training program.

The Member also asked if the college plans for training could be enhanced; for instance, management training in Iqaluit. The college has largely depended on third-party funding in order to provide its training programs across the North. So, certainly, if this $40 million that the Member has referred to can be directed to the college for training programs, it would allow the training to be as broadly based as is possible. I would see no reason why, for instance, if the partners all agreed that management training should be offered in Iqaluit, it could not be offered there with third-party funding. I think that responds to all the Member's direct questions.