Thank you, Mr. Handley. We are on education and culture, not previously authorized, $611,000. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will try to be brief on this one. I have a couple of questions here in the area of speech language development activities. In response to Mr. Krutko, the Minister stated there is a lot of cooperation and working closely together between Education, Culture and Employment and Health and Social Services. Hopefully with these new dollars, that will happen.

However, I have a copy of a letter sent to the district education authority by the Minister of Health and Social Services specifically to address the issue of speech pathologists. Basically, the district education council was told by Health and Social Services that this was not their area. It was in the area of Education, Culture and Employment.

I hope the Minister can substantiate the comments and then show that in fact -- it seems like we are developing and the wording is identical in both, except for the fact that in this one, it talks about community support activities instead of, for example, screening and intervention tools, which is under the health area -- that in fact with this, we will definitely see a closer working relationship. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Chairman, I am optimistic as well that we will see closer cooperation. A lot of special needs teachers and special needs assistants need training in teaching speech. It is a common problem for children. Part of the speech pathologist's responsibilities with Health is to assist in the training of people who are going to work with children who have speech problems. There has to be that cooperation. We cannot send children to the clinic to be trained or to help with their speech problems. I hope that as we have this early childhood initiative develop over three years, we will see a lot of cooperation in areas where there may not have been as much as we would have liked in the past.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the area of speech language development activities, my understanding is that there will be an increase in the number of pathologists in the NWT and support development of speech aid training, which the Minister is talking about. Where will this be located and how will they work with communities? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Chairman, I am not sure where the speech pathologist will be located. I will refer it to Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My colleague for Nunakput tells me it will be located in Tuktoyaktuk, but actually, Mr. Chairman, I am not certain where it will be located.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We are asking for approval of this funding for an additional speech pathologist. It would be nice to know where they intend to put this position. Once we approve this budget, it can go anywhere. Do they have a plan in place that would address this? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Chairman, I know it is difficult to separate out from the brief explanation you have, but the speech pathologist position that Mr. Roland is referring to was part of the $1,221,000 that we went through on page 9, on children's programs. This $170,000 for speech/language development activities is for the Language Nests that are being established for toddlers and preschoolers to learn aboriginal languages. I think we will have to get back to you on where this additional speech pathologist would be located. Just for clarity, that was dealt with on page 9. This $170,000 is for the Language Nests Program. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Roland.

No further questions. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Education and culture, not previously authorized, $611,000.

Total department, special warrants, $1,737,000.

Not previously authorized, total department, $2,230,000.

We will go on to Transportation, operations expenditures, airports, not previously authorized, $85,000. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We referred to the Non-Renewable Resource Development Strategy number 7, in regard to the Mackenzie Valley development planning. Could the Minister tell us exactly how much money has been spent to date and if all of the strategies have been implemented?