Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can't say whether or not a teacher can afford to pay off $100,000 in student loans, but I can say that nobody would be allowed to get that high in debt in our student loan program. Our limit is lower than $100,000. So this person, if they are interested in furthering their education, will have to look at other options, perhaps working with people through the local office with Education, Culture and Employment to find out what might be available. There are things like the Millennium Scholarship. There are scholarships for second degrees, masters and PhDs that are very attractive. So there are other opportunities for people who live in the North to find money for schooling.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the student who I am talking about, that is what he adds up, $100,000. What is the maximum scholarship that an undergraduate student can receive in a year under the SFA program?

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Millennium Scholarship is up to $3,000. There are other scholarships that students may qualify for, depending on their marks. As undergrads, they are not as significant as they are for the graduate amounts, but there are opportunities for private scholarships, as well. The best investment a person can make is in themselves, and in education. So our Student Financial Assistance Program is just that, an assistance program. It was never intended to provide full support. We expect that everybody who comes into the program will bring something from themselves or their family to the table as well, but we would encourage people to discuss with the local ECE office what options are available, what supports are out there, and perhaps find some guidance to other support. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Your final, short supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I couldn't agree more that a person's best investment is education. At the end of the day, it's a bureaucratic nightmare, and the student still, after all their homework is done, owes $100,000. It is $3,000 minimum that you can get from the scholarship fund. What is the Minister or his department doing to help the students with repayable loans? That is the question I want to ask. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we made a number of changes to the regulations in the Student Financial Assistance program to try to make the program work better for northern students. We believe the program is one of the best in Canada. Whether you are getting grants or loans, I think you will find that it is a very attractive program. As I said, the program is at least as good as the Canada Student Loans Program. At this point, we are not looking to make significant changes to the program for the amounts that

we are going to provide in terms of repayable loans. We are looking at changes we can make within the program that will make it easier for students to access some of the features, but they won't be significant for those who are accessing repayable loans.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Time for oral questions has expired. The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to continue with item 6, oral questions.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. We have already gone by that. If you want to rephrase your request to go back to oral questions...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to return to item 6, oral questions.

The Member is seeking unanimous consent to return to item 6, oral questions. Are there any nays? There are no nays. We will return to item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The honourable Minister of Justice, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The appointment stipulated that Judge Schmaltz reside in Hay River as of April 1, 2005. For a couple of reasons around scheduling, that was delayed by a month, but the judge now resides in Hay River, as was indicated in the appointment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Thank you, Mr. Bell. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we will have to follow up on that and see if we can locate the judge. I, personally, have not seen the judge in Hay River myself. Maybe that's a good thing. I haven't been to court lately.

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Having said that, is the Minister prepared in this House today to assure us that Judge Schmaltz's principal residence is located in Hay River? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The definition of "residence" is a difficult one. It isn't spelled out in the Territorial Court Act. I am sure that the judge has a residence in Hay River. One of the issues that has become more obvious than we had understood at the time is that there are probably, on average, three or four days of court time per month required in Hay River, some months more, depending on the workload, some months less. So this judge will have to travel on circuit and have to fill in the north part of the territory and Yellowknife, as well. So as the Member has indicated, the presence of the judge in the community will depend on workload. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, those of us who serve in this House well understand the definition of principal residence. I think it's very clearly defined under Revenue Canada's tax rules, as well. Anyway, we won't get into whether her principal residence is here in Yellowknife, and she just has an apartment in Hay River. But airplanes fly both ways. If Judge Schmaltz has court circuit to perform in the Beaufort-Delta, in Yellowknife, it's not just sitting days in Hay River. There is a whole South Slave circuit, as well. We had, for many years, a resident chief judge in Hay River, and truly he was on the plane on Friday nights, and he left on Monday mornings. He resided in Hay River. When he was doing the South Slave, you would see him in the community. He was actively involved in our community. So my question again is, to the Minister's knowledge, does Judge Schmaltz maintain a residence in Yellowknife? Thank you.