Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I dare say that what the Minister says is correct, but my question was specifically to assistance to help them find work within the field of their study. There are numerous university graduates who are working in the north now who have not been successful in putting what they studied to use. Mr. Speaker, my next question is, has the Department of Education ever considered looking into a cooperative employment program between the Government of the Northwest Territories and participating post-secondary institutions, something that would provide a hands-on approach that would enable the students returning

to the north to be introduced into the workforce and more specifically into positions that were directly related to their field of study at a university or college. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have no doubt there are a lot of people in the north who are working in fields that their university degrees are not in. I, for one, am among that group. I do not think we should discount the fact that people choose to follow other paths no matter what their university training is sometimes. We have not done the specific job the Member asks about in terms of trying to initiate a way of getting people involved in their specific field of study. However, the department has been very active at finding ways to get young people to work. We subsidize employers to provide work for young people, we offer specific employment programs for young people, aged 15 to 29, to help employers bring those people into the workforce. We offer assistance for training on the job, we offer assistance for a number of employment initiatives. I would say that we have embarked on a broad range of support activities to help young northerners find jobs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For students who have been educated in the north and who do go out for post-secondary education, are they ever consulted on this matter, is there any kind of focus group or interest group that specifically would have had first-hand experience in this, that the government or social programs committee would ever consult on this matter because I do believe that from the number of instances we hear of, there is a tremendous loss to the Northwest Territories of some very skilled people who we have invested a great deal of money in educating. I would like to see this issue brought into a little clearer focus. Are actual graduates, professionals, tradespeople ever consulted by this government as opposed to us always having this conversation amongst ourselves? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I indicated in my first response to the series of questions from the Member, the department has surveyed recipients of student financial assistance from five years ago to try and start a baseline of information in this regard. Yes, this information would be useful and, yes, we are making steps to try and collect more of that sort of information. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there are no wide-scale power rate increases planned. As far as I know, the Power Corporation is not planning a general rate application before a year from now at the earliest. The Member could be referring to a news story about a community where there may be a problem with the power plant. If we are looking at replacing power plants, or upgrading power plants, in any community, then that community would have to bear the costs of whatever upgrade or replacement was necessary. Obviously, though, Mr. Speaker, the recapture of the expenditure of funds would take place over a number of years, because you do not have to pay for all the capital expenses of a business in one year. I cannot say whether or not there are any large increases planned. I would expect that, since I have not heard of any, that there are not and, I believe that, if anything, the corporation would be at an early stage of looking at alternatives to deal with problems that may exist in a community. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have not heard anything about Giant Mine shutting down, so, I cannot say that I am prepared to answer that question, and with Miramar being on strike what has happened is that the Power Corporation is taking the excess power from Bluefish Hydro and feeding it into the hydro system here which is, in fact, offsetting some diesel usage right now because we have again a situation with low water in the Yellowknife/Rae hydro zone. At this point, though, because of the stabilization fund, there is no plan for an application for a rate increase at this time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I cannot answer the question. That is more detail than I carry in my head or my briefing book. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, perhaps the Member did not hear me. I said that the power that is coming from Bluefish is replacing diesel, not hydro from the Snare system, so the avoided costs of producing diesel are significant. I can guarantee that, but I would be happy to provide the specific information that the Member asked about, which is the comparison between the cost of hydro produced within the system and by Bluefish. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.