Mr. Speaker, I am not aware of any consultations with the NWTTA or other groups in terms of the lay offs. As I have said, we operate in other regions of the Northwest Territories without regional librarians. We seem to be able to provide services to people in communities quite well in all those other regions, and we are confident that we can continue to do so in the Keewatin and the Baffin without the regional librarians. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I fail to see how that question relates to the regional librarian position. The Baffin Divisional Educational Council, used to be called a board. I am sure it will still continue to develop resource materials in the Inuktitut language, whether there is a regional librarian in place or not. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Education in regards to the Chief Julius School that is presently being constructed in Fort McPherson. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned earlier on in the week in regards to the construction of this school, which direction was given by the community in consultation with the department, to proceed with the construction of the Chief Julius School in March 1996, with a full-sized gym. Now the community is being told that they will have to pick up the cost difference for the size of that gym, which is in the area of $300,000. Mr. Speaker, my question to the Minister is, the insurance policy in regards to the school states that the insurance settlement shall be based on the cost of replacing the school. Mr. Speaker, the previous school that was destroyed in the fire did have a full size gymnasium, so I would like to ask the Minister if that is the case, why are they not covering the full cost of this gymnasium?

Mr. Speaker, not being an insurance adjuster, I have some difficulty answering that detailed question. I will have to ask my department to talk to the people who deal with the insurance companies, I believe they are with FMBS or finance and will try to get an answer for the Member. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As we all know, the school has been destroyed in the fire over a year ago which is presently being constructed, and hopefully will come to an end within the next couple of months. Could I have the Minister commit to put his department to try and resolve this issue before school is completed and open, so that we do not have to deal with this matter after the doors are open for the school?

Mr. Speaker, I think that the department has been sympathetic to this request in the past, but I think it is necessary to point out that the department block funded the construction of this school with the Beaufort/Delta Divisional Education Council. The Beaufort/Delta Education Council was aware, from the very beginning, from the time they signed the agreement with the department, of what the total funds would be for this school. There were some areas of flexibility we thought they might be able to take advantage of, but it is entirely up to the Beaufort/Delta Education Council to work within the funds which this government has underwritten to provide them to build this school. So, Mr. Speaker, in the eyes of education, culture, and employment, we have fulfilled our part. We have done what we can to try and assist the Member and the community to find other ways to pay for an expanded gym, but we were very clear upfront. There is a limit to the number of dollars provided to build this school, and we have signed off on that agreement with the Beaufort/Delta Education Council outlining exactly what those funds are. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Point of order. Could I ask for unanimous consent to extend the question period?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I have raised in many question periods, in questions to the Minister about the whole idea of the gymnasium, that is why I raised the question about the insurance policy which clearly states that the insurance is to cover the replacement cost of the school that was destroyed. In that school was a full-sized gymnasium, so why is the government not agreeing to cover the cost to complete a full-sized gymnasium?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe I have already answered this question. There is a signed agreement between Education, Culture, and Employment, and the Beaufort/Delta Education Council for the full cost of the replacement of the school. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister have his department review the file on this school and be clear in regards to the question asked by myself, in regards to the whole question about insurance and also the amount that it was going to cost to replace that school?