Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. I am not clear which Minister your question is directed to. You mentioned the Minister on the right, the Minister on the left, but you did not state which Minister your question is directed to.

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In my enthusiasm, Mr. Speaker, I was addressing it to Cabinet. In particular, the Minister of obfuscation and evasion, Mr. Ootes.

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Mr. Miltenberger, could you be specific and name the Minister you are directing your question to please?

The Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment.

The Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Although I am not the Minister of evasion. I want to put that on the table right now, Mr. Speaker.

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The question was, can the school go ahead and recruit. There are complications with this process, Mr. Speaker. Recruit how many, what is the cost of it and so forth. At the moment, we contribute $110,000 plus $65,000, I believe.

The difficulty comes in because the school is asking for more money and to increase the funding, to my understanding. Therein lies the problem. How much more money can we come up with? I would suggest to the Member to go ahead and recruit. But there will be limitations that we face and some process problems we face as well. I hope that answers the Member's question.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Supplementary, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for that clarification, Mr. Minister. Would you be prepared, once you have considered Hansard and thought about this, to put that in writing so the leadership program would, in fact, have that comfort knowing we are prepared to address this? And that they should recruit for the coming year and give you time to look at it in more detail? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not being evasive, but my word is good.

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Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Supplementary, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not doubt the word of the Minister, just his reluctance to put it in writing. Is he suggesting that the leadership program read Hansard and take it from there? I would ask that the Minister put it out clearly. It is one thing for me to read Hansard and interpret it, but I think the leadership program board deserves the courtesy of some clarity in writing. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I understand the Member's point now. I will put it in writing. Thank you.

Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, and it relates to the proposal for emergency and transitional housing, and for hard-to-house people I spoke of in my Member's statement today.

Mr. Speaker, in the past few years, the Department of Education, Culture and Employment and the Housing Corporation have contributed significantly to finding solutions for emergency and transitional housing in the Northwest Territories, particularly in Yellowknife.

The Department of Health and Social Services has sometimes not come to the table with all of the resources that might be brought to bear. I would like to ask the Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services if she will commit to, in this instance, ensuring that she meets with the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment and the Minister for the Housing Corporation, along with the representatives of the four Yellowknife agencies that are proposing this solution and ensure that she brings some resources to the table. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will commit to meeting with the other Members. I cannot commit at this time to bringing resources to the table. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Minister at least commit that the Department of Health and Social Services, particularly on the social services side, does have some responsibility to deal with people who are having housing difficulty, and therefore her department needs to be an integral part of any solution that might be proposed?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in as much as I could be of any assistance in discussing these matters with the other two Ministers that are responsible, I would be prepared to do that. I think we need to look at what is already available in the community, what has been available in the past that may not be available now and also look at how we can gauge the needs of the future. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Supplementary, Mr. Dent.