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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I want to point out that the school boards have some ability to deal with situations such as this. Until the school board comes to me to say they have a problem, I have to respect their autonomy, Mr. Speaker. I cannot just walk in and suggest to the school board that they have to solve this.

I know they are trying to deal with this situation on their part and they are trying to deal with it on a very real basis. They have some options, as I said. The schools are not totally overcrowded on an overall basis in a specific area. I do have to leave that to the school board. If the school board wishes me to help them out, then certainly I will pay attention to that. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Ootes. Final short supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. While I respect the autonomy and independence of the board, I think the Minister would agree with me that all of the Members in this House are accountable to the parents and children for their environment and education. Can I please get the Minister to commit to take the discussions in this House as a direction for the Minister to talk to the school boards about what can be done about the class size? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this issue is being discussed by the school board. I believe that they are trying to address this issue on their part. I will await word from the school board to see if they wish me to have a look at this.

However, I have stated already that there are some options here that they can possibly consider. I will leave it at that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister Ootes. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I indicated before, we do have practicums and we do have mentorships. If we were going to extend the mentorship, the working one-on-one... it is a little different once you get out into the community. In fact, in the mentorship program, the experienced nurse goes right to the community with the graduate and works with them side-by-side for several months.

If the Member is suggesting that we extend that mentorship program to get that unique experience, what I can do is undertake to find out what that would cost. Right now, the cost of the mentorship program is fairly significant. Of course, our challenge is finding nurses, senior nurses, to be involved in the mentorship program.

What happens is they leave other positions in which we may need them. Backfilling always creates a challenge as well. I could prepare an indication of what the mentorship costs and what it would cost to expand it for the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I missed just the very last part of the question -- how many of the nurses who go through the mentorship program do what? Can I just have the last little bit of the question? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. For clarification, Mr. Nitah, short and sharp.

Thank you. Success rate. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not have those statistics. I know a high number of northern graduates find employment in the North. I could not tell you by percentage right now, but those numbers would be fairly easy to obtain, so I will undertake to get that for the Member. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for North Slave, Mr. Lafferty.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think we should get something clear right here, that the strategy indicates what this government would like to see for new roads and for all roads, and it indicates what would be needed to complete those roads. What we are talking about here for the new roads, the funding for new roads has to come from sources other than from this government because we do not have the capacity or the mandate to build a new road. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.