Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I stated before, this is a program that is coordinated by the Executive. I would ask this question be referred to the Minister responsible. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. It is a little difficult here, but you cannot defer this question. Another Minister may wish to take the lead in responding to that question, if it is not in your portfolio. We will allow the Premier to make that decision. Supplementary, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Details. When? Who do I ask? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The Premier has indicated he would like to respond. Premier Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe the question is being asked about this government's summer student employment program. That is for students who wish to be considered for job opportunities within this government, its departments and agencies during the times they are not attending school.

It is right about this time, I suppose in March, where we start to get applications and letters of interest from students attending university and institutions. They write letters indicating they are interested in being considered for employment during the summer.

Between May and September, when students are off for the summer, is the time when the employment opportunity is available for them. That is when we try to make available to them the opportunities within the different departments and agencies.

As far as I understand it, the resumes and applications are received by this government during March. They are processed in a database. This is made available to the regions, departments and agencies. That is how it works. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will direct my question to the Premier. We are all starting to get phone calls, we are all starting to get resumes faxed to our offices. We are concerned that we have to get back to students with something concrete.

The time is fast approaching when they will return. I would like to get something back to my constituents who are away at university. I have mailing addresses now for them at university. It becomes much more difficult when they are in transit. So my real concern is that we will not have any information for them before they step off the plane or, heaven forbid, should they have to drive Highway No. 3 to get back to town.

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So I am wondering if we can have a timeline as to when we will have phone numbers and contact people so we can start to disseminate that information. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is important to deal expediently with the requests and phone calls from students. They can be referred to myself if the MLAs want to do that. We can also, this afternoon, provide the MLAs with phone numbers and a mailing address where these resumes and applications can be dropped off. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River North, Mr. Delorey.