Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. I heard two questions there. You can choose which one that you want to answer. Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Antoine. Your final short supplementary, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister indicate whether he has a specific person in mind for this direct appointment? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Justice, Mr. Antoine.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is along the same lines as earlier, but I would like to direct it to the Premier, who in fact, on January 22nd, 2000, signed off on a Memorandum of Agreement between the Executive Council and the NWTTA. In it, it says:

"It is recognized that the approval of the planned changes will result in an incremental increase in education funding of approximately $4.6 million in the 2000-2001 year, based on projected enrolments and further additional funding increases in future years."

My question is for the Premier, Mr. Speaker, whether or not he intended to honour this agreement and in fact spend the $4.6 million that this MOU refers to? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Premier, Mr. Kakfwi.

Mr. Speaker, I refer the question to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I dealt with the question earlier and stated that the way the PTR and the funding was formulated included the identification of monies that included forced-growth costs. So that $4.6 million included the expansion plus the PTR, plus the forced growth. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, of course this was signed by the Premier on behalf of the Executive Council and was an intention to provide money to the department. That is why I directed the question to the person who actually signed the MOU, but since he has referred it, I guess I would like to ask the Minister responsible for Education if he would be prepared to table the calculations that led us to believing that we would spend $4.6 million in the first year. I would like to ask him to table those calculations. 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, I will have to check with the department on the type of calculations. I am not sure how much detail is available in that area. I will check with the department on that. Thank you.

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

Thank you. Would the Minister commit to providing whatever detail the department does have in this area, specifically to the projected enrolments and the projected forced growth that led us to suggest to the NWTTA that we were going to spend $4.6 million when in fact we did not? Thank you.

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

Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, I think there was a good understanding by the NWTTA and the department. There have been discussions with respect to the approach to this funding. That approach was that we would bring the PTR into line on a territorial-wide basis according to the figures, and that we would put in approximately $4.6 million, which included the forced-growth area. I want to emphasis that. We committed to spending that, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, will the Minister table all of the calculations and assumptions that the department used, that he has access to, to arrive at this $4.6 million figure that we screamed loud and clear about from the mountaintops? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not know what the screaming was about. At the time I think everyone was in favour of the approach. We committed as a government. I think it was a very positive move on all of our parts to be able to support that and to put more money into support for our teachers and our schools. It has been substantial. As I said earlier, we are putting $30 million in, by the looks of it, at the end of four years.

I will do my best to get whatever information I can, Mr. Speaker, but I am not sure exactly what the calculations and the detail the Member is speaking of. I will see what I can do and talk to my department.