Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to answer this question in the context of the question raised by the honourable Member for Thebacha. We are trying to ascertain the liability factors at this point. I am not sure that I have all of the answers. I am going take it and find out and respond back. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Allen. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister tell me if the department analyzes all of the water samples and reports that are submitted to the environmental health office?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, no, not at the department per se. We do have Public Works and Services take the water samples and submit them to the various laboratories from the various communities. Some come to Yellowknife and others go to Nahendeh and it goes to Fort Simpson. We are responsible to help the communities to follow through with the process. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Allen. Final supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister is basically stating that his department has no liability or no fault if anything happens with the water system?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I did not say that we were avoiding the liability. The liability question was raised earlier and I said that we would ascertain from our department's perspective to find out more technically detailed information as it applies to that very question.

Thank you, Mr. Allen. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question again is for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. It is about the Literacy Strategy that he unveiled. I am wondering if the Minister can tell us how the $700,000 in community level literacy is to be delivered? Specifically, who will be the delivery agent for the $700,000 worth of work?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to state that the Literacy Strategy is a $2.4 million strategy. The $700,000 is one component. There are a number of components to this. It is intended that we use the $700,000 to ensure that literacy is delivered in communities. It will be a combination, Mr. Speaker, of the Aurora College. They will coordinate with NGOs and community service institutions. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Supplementary, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am very happy to hear that. It was my initial understanding that the bulk of the $700,000 would be spent through delivery of ABE by Aurora College. We all know that some of the communities do not have Aurora College. Just for clarification, where there is no Aurora College, NGOs will be delivering this program? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, no, the assumption is being made that that is the way it will be. As I said, we will work with the NGOs because we cannot just commit to say if the college is not present in a community, then it will definitely be an NGO. That is not feasible in many cases, Mr. Speaker, because there may not be an interest on the part of the community to deliver it. However, our interest is there to ensure that we work with the NGOs wherever possible. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Supplementary, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So then it will be up to the responsibility of the community and community groups to apply for the bulk of this funding. Is that correct?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, like other areas as well, Mr. Speaker, as I said, we have a number of programs. They are quite extensive. We want to ensure that we get word out that organizations that are interested in the delivery system contact us and ensure that they have an opportunity to look at this particular program for possible delivery. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Ootes. Final supplementary, Mr. Bell.