Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the reason for my asking this question right now, I know they are in negotiations, is because the money that has been allocated for the new school in Iqaluit under the federal incremental monies was budgeted for 1997-98 year, which is the one we are in right now. It would be hoped that those supplies, those building

materials, will come in on sealift this coming fall for construction. The idea of combining the French school with the incremental school and the Cornerstone Program study that has been completed in Iqaluit, there was no recommendation of that, in that report that I recall seeing. Would the Minister be able to tell me, is the department suggesting or recommending that the french school that the Minister has written the Minister for Canadian Heritage on, the Honourable Sheila Copps, is that a dedicated school for French, a stand-alone, stick-built school for French or is the department still looking at combining the incremental school that is found in the federal infrastructure money and having more dedicated classes? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, under capital planning, under directorate and administration, we know what the federal contribution is right now for the stand-alone school that has come out of the cornerstone report on education. We know the dollar values for that. What has been thrown into the works now is the French school. I had a meeting with the Iqaluit Education Council just before Christmas and again spoke to the chairman about a week ago, he sent me some letters on it. They have a lot selected in Iqaluit for their school. They want to move forward and they want to get the capital planning for that under way. Has there been any approach from the Department of Education on capital planning for that school at the present time? That is the concern, Mr. Chairman, that they have a lot selected. They are ready to move. The money has been allocated and now the request by the Francophone community for a separate school and the Minister writing the Minister for Heritage, Mrs. Copps, to have more financing come forward, is seemingly delaying that school. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you. Just a last point. I have just recently written different letters to the Minister and the department on these concerns and they have been raised by my education council in Iqaluit. I am wondering if the Minister or his staff can tell me in the next two, three or four weeks, would we have a better indication from the federal government which way they will be moving on the new school under the incremental monies available to Iqaluit and also on the French school. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The other day, the Housing Corporation had come in here and indicated that they had a plan for five or six affirmative action candidates within the corporation. I was wondering if the department has such a similar plan for promotion or to bring new affirmative action candidates into the department? I am not talking about the boards, which we have absolutely no say over according to the Minister. I do not want to hear anything about the boards. I am talking about the department. Is there a plan with specific areas where the department is We have a stated objective of 50 percent, I believe? Is there a plan in place there for a specific position affirmative action plan that this department has formulated? If there is, can we see it?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Will that western plan include the plans for the Minister's specific department to increase affirmative action candidates in his own department?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Could the Minister expand on this sentence on page 9-6 that says, they are working on alternative governance structures for school system management? What does that involve?