Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The ability of this government to deal with developers coming into communities, whether they are mining companies or oil and gas companies is limited. It always has been limited. We continue to say that the federal government must take responsibility, primary responsibility, for getting our communities and businesses well prepared to deal with development as it comes to us and to benefit from it. As a government, we advocate development, we promote it and we've sent a message to industry, the federal government and public that what we are advocating is a positive approach and a well-prepared approached to development. In order to sustain it, we need the federal government to step up and take a positive attitude and an aggressive approach to make sure the proper resources and planning are there so that all of us can benefit. Thank you.

Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have a massive bureaucracy out there that's called the Government of the Northwest Territories. We have a lot of technicians, policy analysts, specialists we have hired in the different areas, the oil and gas industry, the diamond industry, in this government. What does a community have to do to access those resources, so they can come into our communities to assist the communities so when an application is dropped on the table, a community can go through it and analyze it knowing they will have input into this process? Does this government have the ability to get those people out of headquarters and into the communities to help our residents?

The honourable Premier, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the staff that we have and the resources we have presently are fully engaged. We do not have additional resources available to undertake what the Member is suggesting. The federal government, I believe, is obliged to step forward and help us make sure our roads are properly maintained, developed and finished so that development can happen in a way that will benefit us. The federal government has to take primary responsibility for helping us fund the training programs that are required so that our people are trained and educated to do the jobs that will be coming forward. I believe the federal government has to take the responsibility for making sure the many boards and agencies that deal with environmental and land use planning and the developmental aspects of development as it encroaches on the North are dealt with and communities are prepared in order to deal with those. So we still insist that our government is not resourced properly. We are on a fixed formula and there is no mechanism right now for us to benefit from resource development because those projects that are now having revenue flowing from royalties are going all to the federal government. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Final supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not too sure this government has any responsibilities to anybody in the NWT. What are we doing to prepare ourselves for a major development such as a pipeline down the Mackenzie valley? Does this government have a plan in place to deal with that?

The honourable Premier, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The government, I believe, is of the view that we are ready and if the federal government engages with us in making sure we have the infrastructure dollars required, if we get the health dollars we believe we need and are entitled to, if we get access to the training dollars we believe are required, if the federal government properly resources the aboriginal communities so that they can get economic development dollars, business development dollars in place, as is their mandate, then this government will not only have the plan, but have the resources available to throw additional dollars into the communities, so we can be more than ready to benefit from the development that we see coming. Thank you.

Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for the question to the honourable Member. We devote $1 million to the program for summer student hiring and it is based on a subsidy of $5 per individual per hour. It is done by application by companies, organizations, aboriginal groups, whoever it may be, municipal governments, to our government. The companies would make the application on behalf of the student when they hire the student, Mr. Speaker.

Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member has a very good point. We want to ensure that this money gets to the regions, to the companies throughout the territory, be it company or organization. Municipal governments can apply, aboriginal governments, aboriginal businesses, anyone in business, Mr. Speaker, can apply for this funding. It has traditionally been on a first come/first serve basis, but we are in the process of advertising it and ensuring that as many people will become knowledgeable as possible. Thank you.

Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the whole issue of summer employment is certainly an important one for many students to be employed as possible, but it's important that we ensure that as many students in the regions and communities get employed, if that's where they wish to be employed. Sometimes it is difficult to ensure that employment is created in the communities. We depend somewhat on applications from companies and organizations to create that employment, then we can support that with funding, Mr. Speaker. We are certainly very interested in that approach to ensure that we do it more and more in the regional centres, that being communities and other centres.

Final supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.