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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The issue of literacy is certainly important. We have been addressing this issue from a departmental side. It is not just the area of literacy of those who are in school, but people who are out of school, as Mr. Lafferty has stated. Where do we give them the opportunity to be able to access adult basic education?

It is of concern to us, and for that reason, we have been trying to work on a program to tie all this together amongst the various programs. We have just proposed in the departmental budget to reintroduce the Community Skills for Work Program, which is the funding of $650,000. Some of that will be funneled through the Aurora College system and some will be funneled to the regional offices for access by community groups.

That is the basic area that communities, such as the ones Mr. Lafferty is speaking of, could potentially access. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The process that is used to fund district education councils is school enrolments and it does increase the funding should enrolments increase, as Mr. Lafferty has asked. If adults attend high school, yes, then the funding is increased accordingly. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The funding formula for high school is based on the number of students and the number of teachers. It is based on a formula according to the enrolments.

The funding for Community Skills for Work is somewhat different because it is done by allocation to regional offices and then applications are made by community groups, but it is not done in the same fashion as school enrolments, for example. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Range Lake, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is directed to the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation and I would like to follow up on the Members' statements and questions raised by my colleagues here with respect to supporting northern manufacturers.

Mr. Speaker, I was glad to hear that the Housing Corporation was making inroads into Alaska and that we will be building facilities there and so on. Mr. Speaker, I think it is good that our people could go all over the world and build things, but I do not think it is as meaningful if we do not have full participation by the local producers and local manufacturers.

My question to the Minister is, has he, as a Minister, directed the department? If so, how did he direct the department to make sure that whatever work that they do all over the world, they give the priority to the northern manufacturers? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I explained earlier to the previous question, Mr. Speaker, yes, the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation is working with the northern manufacturers and northern suppliers to provide, under a tendering process, to our projects that are external to Canada.

I just want to confirm again, Mr. Speaker, if the tender document came from Alaska itself, then the Business Incentive Policy and IMD does not apply under that circumstance. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Allen. Supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Mr. Speaker, I am interested in two things. I am interested in the Minister's commitment and support for the northern manufacturers and secondly, Mr. Speaker, my understanding is that the Business Incentive Policy of the Northwest Territories is protected under the Free Trade Agreement, because the northern manufacturers preference policies is a directive of the Business Incentive Policy, which is protected under the Free Trade Agreement. So I would suggest the Minister look into that further and find a way to support northern manufacturers. I am interested in the Minister's commitment and support of this policy.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think, in terms of commitments, commitments are already made by this government through its application of the Business Incentive Policy. This applies to the way we do business in the Housing Corporation.

The other thing is that we have been giving the northern manufacturers and Northwest Territories suppliers 100 percent preference on our Alaska projects. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Allen. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister for the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Assuming it is a $130 room, it would cost the average hotel user, the occupant, $6.50, in that case, for each night they stay there. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.