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

Thank you. Substantial? I do not know, Mr. Speaker. We are far behind the Yukon, Manitoba, Newfoundland, other areas, northern Alberta. Would the Minister agree that we have some catch up to do if we are going to have the kind of PTR that other rural and northern locations have? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well, I am glad the Member brought up the issue of other jurisdictions, Mr. Speaker, because yes, it is very true that we want to bring down the PTR. That is our aim and we are putting substantial money into this. There will be $30 million plus at the end of four years that we will have invested into this whole area.

With other jurisdictions, Mr. Speaker, it is always hard to totally compare because we do not know if other jurisdictions have similar situations, such as we fund 77 language specialists in the Northwest Territories that are not counted in the PTR. We also fund teaching assistants, who are also not included.

So we have to compare apples and apples, not apples and oranges. Also, there are special student needs funding that perhaps is not included in other jurisdictions the way we include it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for the Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Transportation, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member is correct. We did move some capital funding from specific projects on Highway No. 8 to offset the increase in costs for the bridge at Campbell Creek. However, the department considers all the capital that is applicable to Highway No. 8 as one project. We are not moving money from one riding to another. It is all one project as far as the department is concerned.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The point is, Mr. Speaker, it is clear that when you defer something, to me, that means you move it to somewhere else. In regard to my riding, two projects have been deferred, in which some of that deferral is because there was a capital cost overrun in regard to the bridge. I would like to ask the Minister again, what do you do when you defer a project in a Member's riding?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Transportation, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, before we can defer the specific project that the Member is talking about and put it into another riding, we would have to inform the Member of this. However, we are not moving money from one riding to another. We are simply moving money from one project to another within the same overall project, which is the Dempster Highway improvement project.

Thank you, Minister Steen. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is my point. The point is that the projects that have been deferred are in my riding. I believe the bridge the Minister is talking about is in Mr. Roland's riding. The money was deferred from one riding to someone else's riding. That is the point I am trying to make. When money is deferred from one Member's riding, do you inform the Member in writing or let the Member have the ability to inform his constituents that these projects will not be taking place?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Transportation, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not aware that Mr. Roland's riding goes all the way out to Campbell Creek. I do not know that specifically. As far as the department is concerned, that portion of the Dempster Highway that we are improving is all one project. We are simply taking money from what was originally planned that we would put towards the culvert replacement at kilometre 20 and embankment widening at kilometre 127.6 to 130.6 of the Dempster. We took money from those two specific projects and put it towards capital at the Campbell Creek bridge. We do not consider the Campbell Creek bridge being in the Inuvik riding. It is simply part of the Dempster Highway. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Krutko, your final, short supplementary.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the timing of the items in question, the contract was closed on March 28th. I did not receive a letter from the Minister until I finally probed on my own to entice his department to finally get me a letter. I did not receive it until May 28th, almost two months after the contract was closed. Why was I not notified sooner?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Transportation, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not familiar with the reason for the delay in my response to the Member. I would have to get back to the Member on that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Thebacha, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is addressed to the Minister of Justice, and it is a follow-up on my Member's statement about the Territorial Women's Correctional Centre and the vacant warden's position and what is happening with that particular critical position, keeping in mind his February 2000 letter where he indicated that he intended to fill that through the public process. I was wondering if the Minister could update us in this House as to what is happening with that position. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, the Minister of Justice, Mr. Antoine.