Thank you, Madam Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the fact is we do fund these organizations from public monies, is there an avenue that is open that we could challenge the boards from within the realm of your department to institute something along these lines of zero tolerance just to give more bite to what we have done to try to be more proactive? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what we could commit to do is develop a code of conduct that would be standardized. It could then go out to the various regions and the various agencies and they could then take it to their boards and see if there would be an interest in adopting it rather than just asking people to do it without anything in hand that might be an example of such a code of conduct. I could commit to our department developing that.

As for the funding that we offer to these agencies, whether or not we could make that a condition of the funding or not, I do not know. I would have to think about that. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would not want to cut off any funding from the already poor state we find ourselves in when it comes to drug and alcohol facilities in the Northwest Territories. The Minister did state she could put this in place. I think what she just suggested is an excellent idea, so my question is will she, in fact, look at developing this and bringing it forward to the health boards and other boards out there that deal with this critical area? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would be pleased to work on such a thing and I would also invite any other Members who have a particular interest in this that would want to have input to work with me on such a prototype of a code of conduct. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for North Slave, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for Education, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, some time ago I directed the department to review all the areas of administration on student financial assistance, including the student financial assistance guidebook and the application forms. We have taken a number of steps already, Mr. Speaker, to correct a lot of those areas. One of those includes the application form.

Thank you, Minister Ootes. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There was a compressed time frame in which to introduce a lot of the changes and problems were encountered. With regard to the area of service being provided in other regions, we have addressed that issue as well. I have asked the department to ensure that we provide as much information as possible to the regional career centres and involve members from the career centres in the administration of student financial assistance. Some are coming into Yellowknife for training on that end. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Ootes. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As a first step, as I stated, we are bringing regional career centre officers in to work with our SFA staff here in Yellowknife to see how the system works. We are training them on our computer system. We know the results will be better service in the future and career staff will be playing an increasing role and an active role with teachers and counsellors, so they can become aware of the programs and become more knowledgeable to assist students. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister Ootes. Final supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is a process to deal with self-government issues and that is handled through the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.