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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The college recognizes the importance of childcare for students, and has, over the years, supported day cares. In the mid '90s, they offered a day care in the Green House, and they have recently supported this day care that's in operation right now in space in Fort Smith. The college has informed me that they are working with the students to find alternate placements for the children of the students. They have found placements for a good number already, but they will continue to work with that.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as my fellow colleagues, as MLAs for the North, we do represent our ridings, and we have some students in Fort Smith Aurora College that are intending to become teachers. Mr. Speaker, as I spoke with my leadership yesterday at the swearing in of the grand chief of the Tlicho Government, we're running out of options on how we can tackle this issue in Fort Smith. The October 28th closing date is just around the corner, Mr. Speaker. So my question to the Minister would be that the Tlicho Government is prepared to work with the GNWT in the interests of Aurora College students. Would the Minister agree to meet with Tlicho leadership, Mr. Speaker, this week, to discuss the possibility of immediate arrangements to prevent the closure of the day care facility in Smith? I stress the urgency of this situation, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm ready to meet with the leadership of an aboriginal government at any time, if we can find a mutually agreeable time to do that. I am confident, though, that the college will work with the students in Fort Smith to find arrangements for the children who might be affected by a closure of the facility. But having said that, I would meet with the leadership, yes.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I'm glad to hear that the Minister is receptive to sitting down with the leadership to deal with this crisis that's happening in Fort Smith. Mr. Speaker, the Minister outlined that Aurora College is working with the local community, and also the students through Aurora College, to specify the homecare day care, essentially, I guess, needed in that community. What I'm trying to get at, Mr. Speaker, is there are Tlicho students at Aurora College, there are 12 of them that are parents, and also three of them that have three children in the day care program. He outlined the students that were identified. Are those students also part of the Tlicho students that are in the program? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this point, I can't advise the Members which students may

have been helped by Aurora College to find alternate placements. I am advised that a good number of the students have already found alternate placements, and the college is continuing to work with others to find places for children who need day care. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Final supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my last supplementary question is, when is the Minister willing to meet with the leadership, because the closing date is on Friday? We're on Tuesday already, and I think this can be used by other communities as well, once we establish a strategy with the department. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would be prepared to meet with the Member very quickly to talk about what they're proposing. I would have to caution, though, that we don't have extra money to put into this program. But we are certainly interested in hearing what the Tlicho might propose. So anytime that the Member would care to propose, we will work around that and try and rearrange my schedule to accommodate them.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The honourable Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we did implement the changes we discussed on the overproof alcohol products and haven't heard any information as to how enforcement is going. My understanding is that it has been implemented and things are proceeding. There were a number of complaints raised initially; however, not too many of them, and people have adjusted. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In the smaller communities in the Sahtu, from the time that I've gotten off the aircraft in my community, there are cases of whisky coming off the plane, and it causes a lot of havoc in the communities over the weekend, and this is where we get into other issues of justice and health and a whole bunch of other things. Will the Minister look at doing a formal review of the implementation of restricting the overproof, and does it make a difference in his instruction to the different outlets? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the issue of volume of liquor going into communities can be dealt with by communities holding a plebiscite as to restrictions of alcohol products going into that community. Once we receive that, we can go forward with those changes that communities have been requesting. The issue of overproof sales and so on, I can get an update from the department as to how things have changed, if they have changed around that, or if there have been more products purchased than other products and not the overproof. So I'm not sure where the Member is going here and what specific information... I'd be happy to sit down with the Member to get the details and try to see where we can go with this. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr Roland. Supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Mr. Speaker, I understand there is a Liquor Act review underway, so I won't go into that process. My point to the Minister of FMBS is regarding the restrictions on the overproof. Does he have enough information to come back to us, or to myself, to say it's going well or it's not going well, or is it just hearsay because I'm hearing different things in the region? So I just want to ask for some concrete evidence of how the overproof is going regarding the recent restrictions on that in the liquor stores. Thank you.