I'll have to rule that question out of order. The line item you're talking about is presently under Committee of the Whole and we will be dealing with it under that context. But your original statement, if you can keep it in that line I will allow the question, but do not refer to the budget which is presently in Committee of the Whole and will be reviewed today. Supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate your ruling, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, may I ask the Minister, I'm trying to get at where the Minister is with this action plan. Is it still in the discussion stage? Has it been approved for any precise action? Have any dollars been allocated for those actions? Thank you.

Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are in the final stages of doing the work, finalizing the document which was initiated by Cabinet about 24 months ago, in 2001. The intention, as I indicated, is to go back to Cabinet with the work with all the analysis and action plan building on the strategy. As well, I want to take these documents to the committee so that we can have the full discussion necessary as we look at this issue along with many others that we intend to discuss with the committee. Thank you.

Final supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Listening to the Minister's answers very carefully, I'm not able to ascertain whether or not anything is going to be done out of this action plan. Could the Minister indicate whether or not the government will have accepted the recommendations of the plan and that government is working to implement them? Thank you.

Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this work was initiated at the request of the former Premier. Under his direction, the work has been carried out. It has involved senior people in many departments, as well as NGOs. The work is now being made ready to take back to Cabinet with an action plan attached and some estimates in terms of costs. Cabinet will, at that point, review the work and will make their decisions and determinations on what is being proposed. Thank you.

Item 6, oral questions. Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the initial year of this project, like most others, is dedicated to planning and site preparation. So that would largely be what we are going to accomplish in the first year of the project. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Minister for his response. Can the Minister tell the Assembly the rough timelines for the construction and opening of the new Chief Albert Wright School in Tulita?

Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the intent would be to have the initial community consultations on the school design this spring to then start the work on the design with detailed planning work commencing by the fall. We would likely be able to embark on the gravel haul over the course of the next winter using the ice road. I guess to make a long story short, the construction should be complete by the spring of 2007 if everything goes according to schedule.

Supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Given that it will be about three years before the new school opens, can the Minister inform the Assembly whether there are any plans to deal with the current ventilation problems with the Chief Albert Wright School?

Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there had been some work done on the ventilation system leading up to Christmas last year. The system was worked on. There have been tests done in the school and it has been found that most of the classrooms are well within the satisfactory range for carbon dioxide. There were a couple of classrooms that were a bit higher than what would be considered ideal, but still within the safe range. We are continuing to monitor that situation, but as things stand right now the tests in each of the classrooms have shown that they are safe and we will continue to watch to make sure that they stay at that level. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Final supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. As I mentioned in my statement, there's overcrowding at the Chief Albert Wright School, particularly the Grades 10, 11 and 12 students. Can the Minister inform this Assembly whether he would consider putting a portable classroom into Tulita to deal with this problem?

Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, during the community consultation process we'll have a chance to discuss with the community what the options might be. As things stand right now, we don't have any spare inventory of portables that we could put into the community and if we were to purchase one, we would have to take it out of the budget for the new school. The school itself, as it sits now, was built for a capacity of 176 students. It currently has 160 in it. What we're going to do is work with the divisional education council for the region, the DEA and the community and see if we can't find some accommodation to instead concentrate on a bigger and better school rather than putting a portable in there and make sure that we are still able to deliver the program over the course of the next three years. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.