Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate that answer. Mr. Speaker, when we talk about our Affirmative Action Policy, and I have brought this up before, I believe it is fairly old now. There were suggestions for revision made in June of 1997, which have not been responded to by this government.

The philosophy behind it is a representative workforce, yet in Mr. Allen's statement, I see the philosophy seems more towards looking at the population within the service as opposed to the population of the Northwest Territories. I want to know if this is also going to be consistent to other departments, or is this just a single department initiative. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would just like to mention again that it is specific to the Department of Justice. We want to ensure that our staff have opportunities within the corrections services. We were trying to ensure that we are looking at affirmative action candidates and see how they can move up the ladder. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment. As I understand it, Yellowknife No. 1 and No. 2 school districts are cost sharing a full-time position that works to diagnose special needs. I believe it is a child psychologist position, but I may be incorrect. I am wondering if the Minister can tell me if indeed that is the case. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not have that information here, Mr. Speaker, but I will certainly find out for the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is unfortunate that he does not have that in front of him, but I guess if he is going to look into that, I have a couple of things I would like him to include.

I would like him to specifically inquire as to the length of the waiting list. For instance, how many children are on the list? How long does it take us to get through that number of children and report back? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can do that for the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development some further questions on the arsenic problem that we face here. The Minister replied to a question from my colleague, Mr. Bell, that this government's preferred option is that the arsenic is removed, and indeed I support that. Is the government prepared to say allowing the arsenic to stay in the ground is absolutely unacceptable? Will the government take that position? Thank you.

Thank you. That is the kind of commitment and leadership that we hope to see from this Legislature...

...and I think the people of Yellowknife, and indeed the Northwest Territories, hope to see. I would ask the Minister about other situations in the NWT, specifically the Colomac situation, which threatens the people around the North Slave area. Will the government take a similar stand on DIAND's obligation to clean up that horror story? Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I know that other levels of elected government in this region have also taken steps to make their concerns known to DIAND. I would like to ask the Minister what collaboration and coordination has gone on with, for instance, the City of Yellowknife or the aboriginal governments in the area, to present a unified front? Thank you.