Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The aspect that the Minister touched on, which is an arts policy, I think is something we have seen on the books. I think we will be going into the second fiscal year now, to the best of my recollection. I am a supporter of it. I am pleased to see too that we are talking to Heritage Canada and, Mr. Chairman, that RWED is also involved in this. Just yesterday in our discussion of the supplementary appropriation, we approved an expenditure of just over $100,000 to provide funding to increase arts and crafts sales through the development of new marketing in the development plan to look at the linkages between the arts and the tourism sectors.
This is significant, Mr. Chairman, because we need to get out of the stage where we are simply talking about the manufacture of handicrafts and artwork or this kind of thing, to really get into the tourism sector as it is developing around the world, where you look at the arts as a very broad range of things. There are the performing arts. There are the culinary arts, food and drink and this kind of thing. Along with the cultural experiences and the wilderness experiences, these are all things that people are seeking now. I am really happy to see RWED going after this kind of development and to see the linkages with this department.
If there is an aspect of this that I would like to look at well, it is under the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Perhaps more specifically, under Aurora College, Mr. Chairman. It used to be called, I believe, the NWT Science Institute. I think it is now called the Aurora Science Institute. We do not hear much about this, or perhaps I should say that I do not hear much of this, Mr. Chairman. I am wondering if the Minister could tell us what comprises this institute, its governance and its function, and where is it going? Thank you.