Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we will. We are assisting all of the communities. We are doing monitoring. We have community empowerment regional staff that are available any time to visit the communities and to assist these communities who need them. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Enuaraq.

The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Ms. Thompson.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the hamlets are taking on more and more responsibilities, their offices are established along with the responsibilities that are given. For example, if the housing association has an office and the hamlet takes it over, the housing association can continue to do their work in their present office space. The concern from Broughton Island has been brought to the attention of my officials. The people who work under the community empowerment in Iqaluit will be informed of this problem. We work together on these types of issues to come up with answers to these types of issues. We will be working closely together with the community empowerment group or team. I will consult with my officials as well in Iqaluit. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (Translation ends)

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Barnabas.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister of MACA on her statement today. She was talking about community empowerment progress. I would like to ask the Minister if the hamlets are trying to take over the education boards and the health boards? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs, Ms. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The answer is no. What we are trying to do as I have said, is that we are trying to do this in a team approach consensus style of communication between all departments, between all agencies in the community. The health boards will always be health boards if they want to be that way and education boards will be that way too. We are just trying to communicate with them at the same level, bring them to the same table and discuss issues with them, so we can find out the priorities of the communities and for the people that we care about in those communities. These different agencies have to start coming together and discussing the priorities of the community that they belong to. The education and health boards are agencies that we should be communicating with and working with. That is my approach with community empowerment. We are not trying to make them into a subcommittee. We are trying to work with them in this consensus style of community empowerment priority. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Barnabas.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My supplementary question is, what role will the hamlets have to these boards? Thank you.

Ms. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Each agency will have different roles. We recognize that. The boards have a role of educating the children, staffing the schools and also making sure that the education is ongoing. The hamlet has a different role. What we are trying to do is that the hamlets are trying to speak with these education boards and are working with them. That is the role of the hamlet. Sort of like a coordinating role trying to get all parties from the same community to work together and speak with each other, so we can ask each other what the priorities are for education facilities or programs, so that we can help each other out. The same people sometimes are on the same boards so the role of the hamlets...

Thank you, Ms. Thompson. You have answered the question. Oral questions. Mr. Krutko.

The Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Mr. Dent.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Mr. Dent.