Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a reply to a question asked by Mr. Ootes on December 8, 1998. Mr. Speaker, teachers are defined by the Education Act as persons who are professionally certified as teachers and who are also members of the Northwest Territories Teachers' Association. As of December 1, 1998, there are 1,271 teachers working in schools throughout the Northwest Territories. Mr. Speaker, this includes 616 teachers in the western Northwest Territories and 655 in Nunavut. There are an additional 40 teachers on leave. Mr. Speaker, this number does not include qualified teachers who may be working in colleges, in non-teaching positions in the Department of Education, Culture and Employment or in positions that do not require teaching qualifications. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.