Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Some of the funding that is provided for operations is provided through a Canada-Northwest Territories Cooperation Agreement. It provides approximately $17.5 million over a five-year period, with $1.9 million being provided for aboriginal languages and $1.6 million for French language. This agreement is based on formulas used nationally, Mr. Speaker.
I should point out, Mr. Speaker, that in the Northwest Territories, many communities are governed by aboriginal people elected by the community to the district education council and the district education authorities. In many cases, the schools are culture-based, and schools have the option of implementing aboriginal language programming from kindergarten to grade three.
We do have two specific programs that have been developed to support aboriginal culture and language - the Dene Kede and Innuuqatigiit Thank you, Mr. Speaker.