Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to address, for the Member's sake, some of the areas. With regard to the inter-departmental co-operation, there is no doubt that it is an issue that has to continue to be focused on.
I believe it has not been ignored, by any means. The Department of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen and I, are working on an Early Childhood Development Action Plan, which is an important area for us to be concerned about. We were at a meeting in Toronto with the provincial Ministers in regard to the National Children's Agenda. This particular program is of importance to us. There is also ongoing work between the three departments on harmonization of income support with the Housing Corporation.
With regard to the literacy strategy, we are working on an adult basic education directive. It is our approach that after the directive is finalized, we want to develop a comprehensive literacy strategy for the Territories. This will also tie in together with the Aboriginal Language Strategy. Again, this is an area that we are working on with the aboriginal language communities.
The issues related to the student financial assistance, there were and are administrative areas that need to be addressed. I have met with the department on those areas, to ensure we continue to refine this particular program, like all programs, and to ensure that any of the identified areas are brought to our attention and are corrected.
There is a necessity to work very closely with the college campuses and with industry to be a part of our process in the development of our human resources here in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.