Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The directors of the divisional education councils are working together on a housing study for teachers in the Northwest Territories. The department is cooperating with the directors in the conduct of that study. It has not been completed as yet, so we do not have the information, but we have committed to work with the directors to examine the outcome of this study and look for solutions across the territories. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The other area that seemed to be a concern to the teachers is the increased teacher workload in regard to preparation for the curriculum in the classroom where a lot of class in the communities have cut the budget for a lot of materials that were accessible in the past and are no longer there. They have to develop their own curriculum and their own materials, which basically, in the case of Fort McPherson, a lot of teachers have lost a lot of materials in regard to different fires. There is still that one area in which they seem to try and balance that between the day-to-day attempts and also having to take on this extra workload of dealing with the stress of the classroom in the daytime and trying to prepare your workload in the evenings. Has anything been done to try to look at formulating some sort of regime to look at the curriculum development and also that the government can put more money into that?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Teachers are provided with a curriculum to work with. The curriculum is a framework that a teacher is expected to take and customize when they do their day plan into something that works in their classroom. Because no two classrooms work the same way, a curriculum has to be customized by every teacher. The Member is right that given the fiscal situation we face, in terms

of material supports, that has been in most cases somewhat reduced across the territories. There is no question this is a problem. Again, this is one of those areas that I cannot say that we have a specific response. I do feel that by having high speed digital communication in all the communities this fall, some teachers will be helped because there will be an easier mechanism to share day plans and work that they have done preparing for the classroom. However, in terms of the material support which is lacking right now, I am sorry to so, I do not have a solution for that. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. At this time, I would defer my questions. I think my questions could be better addressed during regular question period, so I will step aside for the next person.