Yes, Mr. Chairman. We did that in the oil and gas area. We have a listing of all the jobs that are required. We can certainly do the same in hydro development.

When we talk about transferable skills, the Member did reference construction, for example, which is a very good point. What I meant by transferable is that, for example, just last Friday, I was at the graduation ceremony of six young men who have passed their pre-welding course to write the welding exam. That is the sort of thing I think the honourable Member is thinking of.

However, I certainly agree we can start the process of identifying what jobs would be available in the event of hydro development.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Mr. Nitah.

Advanced education and careers, grants and contributions, grants, $8,356,000.

Contributions, $27,314,000. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was wondering if I could get a breakdown of the funding provided to organizations to deliver literacy programs for literacy funding, $1,657,000.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mr. Ootes.

Yes, Mr. Chairman. I think I can provide that fairly quickly for the Member. Mr. Chairman, I will ask Ms. Allen to answer that question. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Ms. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just need some clarification. Is it the $1,657,000? All right. $1.4 million of that goes for the Literacy Strategy, and then $257,000 goes for community literacy projects. What I would like to do is just start with the Literacy Strategy and then work back to the community projects.

For the strategy: $700,000 goes to Aurora College; $100,000 has been identified for corrections; $400,000 has been identified for workplace education; for specialized equipment and tutoring for persons with disabilities, $100,000; projects for seniors is $100,000; and literacy outreach is $50,000, which goes to the Yellowknife Association for Community Living.

In addition to that, the three regional offices of Education, Culture and Employment, each of those offices receives $41,000. I have a number of projects. Mr. Chairman, would you like me to name all the projects?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That has provided me with better than 90 percent of the funding. I have some questions about what is contained in the breakdown though, the $700,000 to the Aurora College for community programs. The way this is characterized is contributions to organizations to deliver literacy programs. From that description, I would have thought that these were funds that were going to non-government organizations, or NGOs, rather than to the college. The next line in the budget is college contributions. Why would the $700,000 that was going to the college not have been included in college contributions?

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will ask Mr. Devitt to address that.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Mr. Devitt.

Thank you, Mr. Devitt. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I still have trouble with the way it has been characterized. Rather than organizations, we should put in there to the college and other organizations. I guess it is perhaps not that significant.

I find it hard to see how government agencies and organizations, for instance, I believe I heard that $100,000 here is going to Justice, so we have an interdepartmental transfer going from Education to Justice and it is characterized as a contribution to an organization. I do not understand how Justice can be characterized as an organization. I am just concerned that the accuracy is not what I would expect in a formal budget document.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is partially, as has been pointed out by Mr. Devitt, that we wanted to identify it as the Literacy Strategy. It was originally funded as such, so we wanted to ensure that it continued to be identified as such.

Mr. Dent has a point. We could transfer that but then we lose the ability to identify all of the programs of what the Literacy Strategy is because it has been a very important program to the Members of this House to ensure we introduce. As I recall, it started with a motion from the Members on that side of the House.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Well, I certainly would prefer to see funding for organizations separated from funding that is being used by government agencies. I would hope that we would see that separation in future budgets. Can I get some detail of how the $400,000 for workplace literacy is proposed to be spent?

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mr. Ootes.