Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Ms. Allen.

To save time, I actually have sheets with a breakout, I can just submit those, or I can speak to each of the areas.

Thank you, Ms. Allen. Did you want the information distributed or did you want to go through the information? Mr. Dent.

Mr. Chairman, unfortunately, if it is distributed, it is not on the public record, so I would prefer to have the information provided to us so it is in Hansard and available to the public.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Ms. Allen.

Let me begin. In North Slave we have community projects with the Deton'Cho Development Corporation. In Rae-Edzo we have some projects with the band council, with the school, with the hamlet, with the trappers lodge. In Yellowknife we have a workplace project with the Dene Nation, with the Denendeh Development Corporation, with Chartrand Home, with a number of organizations. I could read them all but I am just giving you a summary of them.

In the Inuvik region we have agreements with the Mackenzie Delta Hotel Group and with the day care with the Hamlet of Sachs Harbour. In Deline we have it with the council, with the land corporation, with the housing authority, with the Sahtu Secretariat and with the Bank of Montreal. In Aklavik we have it with the band. In Tsiigehtchic we have it with the community. In Fort McPherson we have it with the Gwich'in Tribal Council. In Norman Wells we have it with Shehtah Drilling. In Fort Good Hope we have it with the community. In Tuktoyaktuk we have it with the hamlet. In South Slave we have a number of projects with the Hay River Reserve and with Shehtah Drilling in Fort Liard.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Are all of the projects ongoing, long-term projects or is there an annual application process to access these funds? I guess the reason for the question is, can an employer who is listening in right now apply to access some of these funds or are they all committed for the balance of the year?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. They are committed to the end of March, the end of the fiscal year, and then there will be an advertisement that goes out again for this next fiscal year.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The total budget provided for the Maximizing Northern Employment program had a limitation and departments were advised to find the money. It was suggested that this be reduced, but with the recognition that if we continue to have demand there, that we would immediately look at funding those projects, Mr. Chairman. So while it has been reduced, we also want to advise that we are prepared to look at reallocation the moment we get demand for it. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will ask Ms. Allen to address this, Mr. Chairman.

In the past, the Aurora College has only been funded for a certain number of adult education positions. That was at one time 13 and then reduced to 11 when there was some amalgamation one of the adult educator positions was in Fort Smith so it was just given to the college.

With the Literacy Strategy, we have been able to fund positions in over 25 communities. I think part of Mr. Nitah's question was, are they mandated and is there a policy? With the Literacy Strategy, for varying lengths of time in communities based on population, they are funded for a certain period of time for that year. When they are hired, they are required to teach adult basic education, provide services for on-line learning once they have received the training and to look at any skill training programs that the community requires and help to facilitate that training in the community.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I should just let you know that I do not have the information on whether it is full time, 11 months or 10 months but it is based on population for the communities that do not have the full-time adult educators. What I would like to do is to get that information for the Member.