Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I can take it from that to mean the Minister did have some more detail. His first response indicated he did not have that level of detail. There is some better detail that has been provided. Again, it is important that we get this discussed at the committees and moved out into the field very quickly. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mr. Krutko.

I have a problem. They seem to be using the same drafters in regard to the way you drafted the particular item compared to the children's program. Line for line, the only thing that is different is the amount. The last clause there, community support activities, the $256,000. I would like to know how this program will be distributed, what communities will have access to it and what amount they will be able to access.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Chairman, with regard to the $256,000, that is a community support activities. First of all, there is the child and family resource centres. That one will work with communities who express a desire for support. The communities will put together their letter of interest or proposal. It is up to the communities to do it. This is a program we have made known to the communities. They can apply if they are interested.

Then there is the parenting and literacy. That one is one in which they will work with the NWT Literacy Council to develop community-level programs to encourage early literacy and parenting skills. There is $181,000 to do that. I am assuming that the product from that, the community-level programs, will be made available to all communities.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In most communities, you do not have child and family resource centres. You may have a youth centre or something to that effect, or an alcohol and drug centre. Will using the term youth centre fit within the criteria of this program?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Handley.

I think the youth centre could be the beginning of it, as long as it is more than a youth recreation centre. These are meant as educational programs. I think in every community, there is the opportunity to combine some of the resources they already have, whether it is working with new mothers or working with youth or working with a program out of the band office, and put together a community child and family resource centre, with the objective of helping people work more with their children on the educational side. This is not a recreational program. The opportunity is there for practically every community.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The reason I asked is if you limit it to the criteria of children and family resource centres, a lot of the communities will miss out because they do not have that. A lot of our smaller communities do have youth centres that could meet the requirement of this, sort of a learning centre or program centre for the youth, and also to allow for families to take part in those different programs. What I do not want to see is communities that are somehow turned away because they do not meet the criteria of this program because they may have a youth centre, but they do not fill the requirement the department may ask for. That is why I think it is important to change the wording to reflect that. Will the Minister consider adding that they will also consider youth centres as facilities to administer this program in communities where we do not have children and family resource centres?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Chairman, as I mentioned, this is meant to be incremental money on top of what is already in the community. It is meant to help communities to integrate the services they have right now. I do not see any reason why a youth centre, assuming it is more than just a recreation centre, could not become the core for this new, integrated family and child resource centre. A community does not have to have a child and family resource centre in place in order to qualify for this money. This money is meant to help them put that in place.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Krutko.

Just another question in regard to the speech and language development activity. I believe I had asked earlier and you mentioned that you do have a speech therapist of some sort, or you identified one person. Is this funding for a similar person in the department in the area of education?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Handley.

I am not sure of the question, but there is $150,000 identified for one additional speech or language pathologist in the Northwest Territories. This would primarily be a Health and Social Services position. When it comes to speech and language services, Health and Social Services and Education work very closely together. In fact, these people sometimes work in the schools.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Krutko.

I will ask the question again. This position for $170,000 does not include a position for a speech therapist?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Chairman, the $170,000 is for the Language Nests, which is money that is meant to develop and enhance early childhood programs that immerse toddlers and preschoolers into aboriginal language and culture. That is only for money that is spent directly in support of those children. It is not for the speech pathologist.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Krutko.

You mentioned there is coordination between the children's program and this program through Education, Culture and Employment. I am just wondering why it has not been put in through the main estimates so it could reflect that under the planning stage? Why does it have to come through a supplementary appropriation where it is not previously authorized?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Handley.