I do not know if the Minister can respond. As far as the delay tactic goes, it is not within his responsibility. The question is rhetorical. Mr. Todd.

I simply do not understand the question. I wonder if my colleague could perhaps elaborate. Is this something that came about from the discussions in the speaking notes that Ms. Simpson alluded to today at noon which she organized and coordinated, and if it is, could he be perhaps more explicit, so I can give an appropriate answer? I honestly do not know what my honourable colleague is saying.

Mr. Ootes

Mr. Todd.

First of all, Mr. Speaker, I think it is important to point out to my honourable colleague and to my other colleagues that the UNW's issue with respect to it now claiming that the Hay Plan Evaluation System is not gender neutral is contradictory to the position they took at collective bargaining. During collective bargaining, they conceded that the Hay Plan Evaluation System is gender neutral. Given that is what they conceded, what I was saying in previous questions was, if there are problems within the Hay Plan Evaluation System and we agree it is gender neutral, that there may be some glitches within it, then let us work it out as the two parties responsible for doing that, UNW and the government.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ootes.

Mr. Todd.

Mr. Speaker, I had just indicated in my earlier response that the union in their collective bargaining had conceded that the Hay Job Evaluation is gender neutral.

Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Ootes.

Mr. Todd.

As Mr. Ootes said, there are always two sides to a story. He has obviously chosen to side with one side. I am telling you categorically that at the collective bargaining, the UNW said that the Hay Plan Job Evaluation System was gender neutral, and because it is gender neutral, why do I need a third party to determine whether it is gender neutral. They

conceded that. What we need is for the partnerships, the people who are responsible, the UNW bargaining group and the management team from the GNWT to work through the difficulties that the UNW should identify within the Hay Plan Evaluation System. Pardon me, the answer is still no. It will not go to third party at this time.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Picco.

Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I appreciate the motion from the Legislative Assembly that was passed yesterday. We will consider it and give it due action and we will talk about it in Cabinet. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that the Premier will talk about it in Cabinet. There was a Cabinet meeting this morning. The motion was passed yesterday. I wonder when the Premier expects that the Cabinet will be acting on this motion? Thank you.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The motion, like I said, is appreciated from the Members of the Legislative Assembly. We as the Government of the Northwest Territories have to consider that motion, along with the rest of the priorities that the Members have said are major priorities to them. There have been many issues raised in this Legislative Assembly. Education is a major issue. Health care is a major issue and so are the other programs and services to the people of the Northwest Territories. Housing is another major issue, and a lot of people do say that if you are not properly housed, you will not be able to get an education, so we will consider that. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, we have several priorities, but few of those priorities were actually voted on in this House and passed in motion form. Again, my question to the Premier is, when will the Premier and his Cabinet be acting on the priority of education to rebase the education department, as outlined in the motion from yesterday? Thank you.