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

I am aware of the community's interest. I have been in the community. I have seen the school. I have received a letter, as the Member pointed out, from the chair of the divisional education council, on the issue. We are prepared to have staff visit the community to discuss the issues with the community, and to move as quickly as we can to provide the additional space that we have in our capital plan. Having said that, I believe that there is not an issue around public safety with

the facility if it's being used as it was intended to be used. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe if the Minister sat down with the people in Colville Lake, we would beg to differ on the issue of public safety and the use of that school. Mr. Speaker, the chair of the Sahtu Divisional Education Council wrote a strong letter regarding the school in Colville Lake and the lack of proper facilities to have a proper learning environment. Mr. Speaker, I applaud the Minister in terms of his strong advocacy of having graduates in the communities. The Minister is making the commitment to visit Colville Lake. Can he visit by the end of this month? This is an emergency situation. Can we get some strong commitments today, in this House, to let the people in Colville Lake know that the situation is being taken care of? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will commit to have somebody from the department visit the community and the school within 30 days.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. The time for question period has expired; however, I will allow the Member a short supplementary. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the commitment from the Minister. Within these 30 days, the people in Colville Lake will still have the same situation. What can we tell the people of Colville Lake that have the overcrowding, the honey bucket, the boot room, that they can have some other facilities to have proper educational training? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In advance of us having somebody there, I can't make any other commitments. We will ensure that we are dealing with the situation if there is a significant problem. I would also mention that my reading of the letter from the chair of the DEC is that they want to make sure that this project doesn't fall down the list of urgent projects again. It would be my goal to make sure that that doesn't happen, too. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Time for question period has expired. Item 7, written questions. Item 8, returns to written questions. Item 9, replies to opening address. Item 10, petitions. Item 11, reports of standing and special committees. Item 12, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table a document of three photographs of the school in Colville Lake with the infamous honey bucket closet the students are forced to use on a daily basis.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Item 13, tabling of documents. Pursuant to section 21 of the Human Rights Act, I wish to table the 2004-2005 Annual Report of the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission. I would like to draw to the attention of Members, the presence in the visitor's gallery of Ms. Mary Pat Short, chair of the NWT Human Rights Commission.

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She has joined us here today to witness the tabling of the first report of the Human Rights Commission since the commission was established. Please join me in welcoming her to the Assembly. Welcome, Ms. Short.

Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I have another 45 letters of complaint with respect to the ferry situation in Nahendeh and Fort Simpson. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Item 13, tabling of documents. Item 14, notices of motion. Item 15, notices of motion for first reading of bills. Item 16, motions. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to go back to item 14, notices of motion.

Thank you. The Member is seeking unanimous consent to return to item 14, notices of motion. Are there any nays? There are no nays. We'll go back to item 14, notices of motion. Item 14, notices of motion. The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, October 24, 2005, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that the Legislative Assembly recommends to the Commissioner that the Honourable Justice John. Z. Vertes be appointed chairperson, and Mr. Eddie Erasmus and Mr. Rod O'Brien be appointed members, of the Northwest Territories Electoral Boundaries Commission, 2005. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Item 14, notices of motion. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Item 14, notices of motion. Item 16, motions. Item 17, first reading of bills. Item 18, second reading of bills. Item 19, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Minister's Statement 24-15(4), Sessional Statement; and Bill 4, An Act to Amend the Education Act, with Mrs. Groenewegen in the chair.

I call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The committee wishes to consider Bill 4, An Act to Amend the Education Act.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Does committee agree?