Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the programs, in terms of distance education, if the Member is referring to that, we are continuing to train our educators in that whole area to become facilitators and deliverers, not just facilitators.

In terms of other programs, we are continuing, Mr. Speaker, to ensure that we bring as many new possibilities into the system as possible. We spoke earlier about the parent support to students. That area, Mr. Speaker, I am very interested in ensuring we move forward quickly on that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know the department has done fairly extensive work on this already. I expect that by the new school year, which would be the fall, we would look at ensuring we have programs in place. Additionally, we are working quicker than that in the early childhood development area, where we are introducing language nests and resource centres in communities, where we bring parents together with children, so there is an inclusive program. Parents learn at the same time as the children, because they can learn from each other. As they teach the language to the children, they themselves can learn the teaching process. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We can certainly do a survey of the education districts and in turn, ask for information from the schools. I think what is important here though is to move forward with programs into the schools. That is the priority. While I think we can gather statistics on the amount of participation, I think it is important to ensure we proceed hastily, as hastily as we can, with programs that involve parents, because it is the next step in our whole program. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. The final, final supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will commit to this; that I will personally ensure that we have a very good program of parental involvement established by this fall. I have difficulty with setting a statistic, Mr. Speaker, and committing to meeting that, because it requires so much...

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Order, please. Mr. Ootes, you may finish what you were saying.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will commit to ensuring I will personally work on this program. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. The time for question period is over. Item 7, written questions. Item 8, returns to written questions. Item 9, replies to the opening address. Item 10, petitions. Item 11, reports of standing and special committees. Item 12, report of committees on the review of bills. Item 13, tabling of documents. Item 14, notices of motion. Item 15, notices of motion for the first reading of bills. Item 16, motions. Item 17, first reading of bills. The honourable Minister responsible for Finance, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour? Thank you. All those opposed? Thank you. The motion is carried. Bill 10 has had first reading.

Item 17, first reading of bills. Item 18, second reading of bills. The honourable Minister responsible for Finance, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, I seek consent to proceed with second reading of Bill 10, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. The Minister is requesting consent to give second reading to Bill 10. Are there any nays? There are no nays, you may proceed, Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker,

I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 10, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill increases the amount of the single status tax credit, marriage or common-law partnership tax deduction, eligible dependent tax deduction, age tax credit, tax credit for mental or physical impairments that are deducted from taxes payable by an individual in the Northwest Territories for the 2002 and subsequent tax years.

This bill also establishes a minimum cost of living tax credit for the 2002 and subsequent taxation years. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill. Question has been called. All those in favour? Thank you. All those opposed? Thank you. The motion is carried. Bill 10 has had second reading. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to a committee.

Item 18, second reading of bills. Item 19, consideration in committee of the whole of bills and other matters; Bill 2, Bill 4, Committee Report 1-14(5), Committee Report 2-14(5), Committee Report 3-14(5) and Motion 1-14(5), with Mr. Krutko in the chair.

I will call the committee of the whole to order. We have several matters to deal with; Bill 2, Bill 4, Committee Report 1-14(5), Committee Report 2-14(5), Committee Report 3-14(5) and Motion 1-14(5). What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Roland.