Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I'm quite pleased with the programs that the government has come out with, with regard to colleges and training for adults. I'm also quite impressed with the department's make-work programs, where social dollars are turned into training dollars. I would also support further activities in this area. I think there is lots more room for expansion in this particular area. The people in my region would prefer to work on training programs and, at the same time, construct some forms of infrastructure that are needed, through the colleges, rather than take social dollars. I think the department should look at further expansion of Arctic College in Inuvik that would basically work towards addressing this request from the people.
I also have questions regarding the $40 million that has been announced by the feds for the Nunavut territory for training purposes. I note that this government has identified $44 million this year in this budget for Nunavut land claim implementation. I presume this is the same program. Maybe I could get some clarification from the Minister on that point.
The other point I have is I presume that our colleges are operating just about on maximum at this point in time. I'm beginning to wonder where we could possibly accommodate the federal government to implement $40 million worth of further training in the Nunavut area. Do we have the facilities? If we have already filled up all of Arctic College with our programs, how can we expend this different money to be able to address this training requirement before 1999? 1 don't know if the Minister is prepared to answer that at this point in time.
I guess the real question is is there room to accommodate the feds if, in fact, the $40 million that they're talking about is different than the training programs we already have in preparation for Nunavut. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.