Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member, on a couple of occasions now, has talked about slush money. In fact, there is no pot of slush funding out there. The money is accounted for and approved in this House and any movement from what's been approved in this Assembly has to be accounted for. Departments come forward with their plans, they identify the necessary resources, whether it's capital side, operations and maintenance side; and on the operations and maintenance side, how many personnel they need to deliver that service. It's approved in this House and it has to be used for the purposes that it's approved for. Any changes to that have to come back and be accounted for. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll pick up where my previous questions left off. I'd like to ask the Minister of Finance if his quest for answers and numbers, I guess, in terms of what the government spent to date on its investment on the secondary diamond industry will in fact include government-wide spending. I'm talking about all the money spent at ECE, RWED and FMBS. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, it will include accounting from all departments that have spent money in the area of the secondary industry. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm wondering if the Minister can answer the question of whether or not looking into the numbers is going to include the years from 1998 to 2004-05. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I stated earlier, we would be looking back from when the government first got involved in the secondary industry. So, yes.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm just wondering if those numbers will include loan guarantees and losses associated with loan guarantees. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, it will incorporate all activities that all departments are involved with around the secondary industry and areas such as training and other matters like that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Final supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm wondering if the Minister can let us know who in the government or what group of employees in the government might be tapped on the shoulder to conduct this type of investigation on behalf of the government and the Minister of Finance. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it's been directed to the department that's been directly involved in business development in the Northwest Territories; so the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development or as we go forward after April 1st, ITI.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I indicated to the Member the first time she was asking questions, the department does not provide funds directly to any centre. The department provides all funds for schooling to DECs. That money has to then flow from the DEC to the DEA for use in the community. So the money is already going out to the DECs to provide services to children with special needs. The DEA would have to access the funds from the DEC and then spend them as they see appropriate. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is there anything in place right now in terms of existing policy that would preclude the DEC from allocating funding to the Hay River DEA to set up an alternative school, storefront for students who cannot participate in the regular school system? Thank you.