Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Final supplementary, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is clearly a demonstration of government at its best. You have an oversubscribed program with no money, and you create a new one instead of adequately funding the one you have. What is the relationship, once again, of the Retention and Recruitment Program to the Education Leave Program? Both have the same focus, to retain northern staff and northern nurses. What is the relationship?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, education leave is something that has been available prior to us getting into our difficulties with our shortages here in the Northwest Territories. As the Member can appreciate, there are only certain fundings available under different programs.

I have committed to him, and I will commit again today, I will evaluate the necessity and the subscription and the uptake on the education leave program to determine if we need to add additional dollars. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister responsible for the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, Mr. Antoine. It is in relation to the statement that was made on Monday regarding Treaty 11 Council advertising.

For three decades, Mr. Speaker, the issue of land claims has been pursued vigorously. This government will soon have seven different negotiating tables. We are dedicating significant resources for it, but yet it remains elusive.

The Minister, in his statement, indicated the goal of the GNWT and Cabinet, and I quote: "The GNWT and Cabinet are committed to negotiating self-government agreements that can be successfully implemented." My question, Mr. Speaker, is what are the criteria the GNWT and Cabinet would consider be required for a successfully implemented land claim? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, Mr. Antoine.

Mahsi, Mr. Antoine. Supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that is a very extensive list. In trying to achieve all of these, is it the objective of the government to indeed have an extreme level of detail in these plans, or is it more to look at the structure and the framework for how each of these areas would be tackled in later negotiations? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Antoine. Supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, detail, as we find in our work in this Assembly, is a critical factor, in the realm of land claim negotiations. If the Minister could give us a sense, are we delving into too much detail at these tables? Is the detail factor a potential cause of the most recent frustration at the Dogrib table? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, Mr. Antoine.

Mahsi, Mr. Antoine. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, Mr. Roland.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The department has a number of programs that it is responsible for. As well, it has a number of areas it is working on. The Working Together Program is a $1 million program to employ youth in the Territories and provide subsidies for employers. There are other programs that are available, like the Schools North Apprenticeship Program, Certified Occupational Training, and post-secondary support through the Student Financial Assistance Program.

Ongoing development is there for career and labour market information. There are handbooks such as Youth First and Give Youth a Chance and Career Scapes, which is an annual youth publication.

On the national scale, Mr. Speaker, there is also an effort to try and coordinate with the federal Ministers. There is a forum of labour market Ministers and western Premiers where there are ongoing efforts to enhance the employment situation for youth. There is a best practices document on youth being produced.

Those are all particular thrusts that the department is involved in. To address another area, and that is the coordination between departments and the interest, there is a thrust by the department to ensure that there is collaboration with other departments, specifically in the social envelope, Mr. Speaker. The social envelope departments are working towards the development of a youth planning document, which will set the direction and determine priorities for youth. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister inform us if, in fact, this new planning document that he just spoke of will have some measurable results and goals in there? Will we actually see something accomplished? A percentage of higher graduates by 2003, something of that nature, rather than just putting out another document that says "yes, we need to do more with our youth." Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One of the messages that the Members are speaking of on an ongoing basis is achievement levels and measurable accomplishments. I take the Member's comments very seriously, as that too is our area of concern, to ensure that we have improvements in our graduation rates for students, that we improve the programs available within the limitations, of course, that we have with our resources.

It is important for us to continually address this whole area. I hope to be able to refine this whole area over the next short while. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.