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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This was a four-year project, Mr. Speaker, with community justice funding. It is proving to be very successful and very helpful for the school. My understanding is that over the four year program the program will be extended to other communities and I understand that this fall three additional communities were incorporated; Inuvik, Rae Edzo and Fort McPherson/Tsiigehtchic were also believed to have this program introduced. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Are there any other initiatives that the GNWT has that can come in and reinforce or enhance the good start this program seems to be giving us? Thank you.

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

Mr. Speaker, several years ago we identified bullying behavioural issues as a concern within the school system. In British Columbia a program was started called effective behaviour support. We sent down several of our educators to be trained in that system and we continued that program over the last several years and now we have it available in at least one school, if not more, in six other education districts. Effective behaviour support reinforces proper behaviour and teaches social skills. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think I just need one more question on this issue today. I would like to know, what is the level of interest or demand for this program? Are we in any way limited or hampered by dollars or human resources? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The restitution approach is funded through the community justice system so there is a limitation to the amount of funding available for that. Ten schools were to be targeted over a period of four years for the introduction of this.

With our own territorial government program, the affected behaviour support program is really a case where we, on an annual basis, increase the training of the number of educators who can teach and deliver effective behaviour support programs.

We have a coordinator in place now who can help schools introduce these programs and so we see it as an expanding program being done within the current financing available. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the government will be bringing forward on Wednesday its response to the social agenda and the plan of how they would like to put some resources to bear to address some of the recommendations made. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When the Minister refers to the resources that will be brought to bear for the social agenda, can he give us some indication of what kind of money we are talking about? New money, not existing things the departments were doing that they can now call a social agenda. How much new money and new initiatives are we talking about under the social agenda? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are looking at low seven figures for new resources. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Very low seven figures, we are talking about slightly over a million dollars, is that correct?

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Yes, Mr. Speaker.

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

Mr. Speaker, that is barely double the termination package that this government put forward for two individuals. Is that really going to do anything to make a dent with our social situation?