Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Minister. Mr. Speaker, will the Minister look into the possibilities of using GNWT's additional resources? He made a commitment earlier to look at that to increase the capacity of the UCEP to make it more accessible to the NWT residents, especially through the student financial services in regard to the Metis people. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's always something we could take a look at. About seven years ago, Mr. Speaker -- maybe not that long, five or six years ago -- there was a forum that was empowered to review the Student Financial Assistance program and provide the Minister of the day with a number of recommendations. One of the specific directions they were given was to provide advice on to whom or what sorts of programs should be supported through student financial assistance. They held a number of public hearings and invited people from every community in the Northwest Territories to attend hearings and provide advice. The report they sent back to the Minister of the day was that student financial assistance should not be used for programs except those leading to diplomas, certificates or university or college degrees. So the program has since that time been governed by that approach. Certainly we could take a look at whether or not that's consistent with what Members and the public think is still appropriate. So we'll examine it, yes.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the response from the Minister. Can the Minister inform this House with an action plan as to how he plans to get the attention of the federal government to look at its policies of how it's administered or funded through our government in terms of assisting aboriginal peoples? However, on this program we do not include the Metis people. So what type of action plan is he going to look at and when can I expect something to see that things are getting done by this government? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I already committed in this House that by the time business plans are presented to the committees that I would update Members of the House on any actions I had taken to try and achieve this. As the Premier had noted earlier, there is an opportunity for all Members to lobby the federal Minister next week and I would certainly welcome the Members' intervention on this issue as I would hope to intervene as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. McLeod.

Mr. Speaker, I have to admit I'm not familiar enough with the new lottery regulations. In 2004 our Department of Municipal and Community Affairs along with Sport North and the Department of Justice, completed a review of the Lottery Act and regulations and the new regulations will govern how the program will be conducted. The Member is correct; right now the control of the sports lotteries are controlled by Sport North. The new sports council is being formulated. We have set up an implementation team. They are defining the nomination process and council selection that's taking place this month. We're hoping to have our first AGM for the sports council in April of this year. As part of their responsibilities we're hoping that they're going to lay out a resource management plan which will include a lot of this stuff following the lottery and support for the lottery and how they're going to increase their revenues. But I don't have the details on the actual regulations with me at this point, so I'd have to get back to the Member on that issue.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd be the first to agree that Sport North and the staff that they have do a first-rate job at running the lottery booths, especially the ones I'm known to frequent on occasion here in Yellowknife. The question I'd ask the Minister, and he doesn't have to provide an answer today, but I'm wondering if the organization, if it's a new council that's going to receive the lottery revenue, if they'll receive an increase in revenue if terminals are located in a variety of different locations or could we expect to get more revenue? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one of the tasks that the new sports council will be having to undertake is to see how they can maximize revenue flow. At this point I'm not in a position to say whether that's going to involve more terminals or longer hours or where the terminals are going to be located. So I would have to seek that information and try to come back and provide that to the Member, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So after I think the Minister mentioned April 1st, is Sport North still going to control the lottery booths or is it going to be the new sport and recreation council? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The new sports council will spend this next coming year to organize a number of things including how they'll develop their resource management plan and how they'll develop and put out their communications and marketing plan and they also have to look at consolidating their offices, office space. We expect them to have, by this fall, a draft operating plan. We want to see business plans, we want to see a whole number of things for them to come forward. Our plan for them to start operating as an entity is for April 2006. Our first AGM for this council is April 2005 and they'll spend a whole year getting ready to be up and running by April 2006. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Then on April 1st, 2006, who's going to control the lottery revenue? Will it be Sport North or will it be the new sport and recreation council? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We're expecting the new sports council to have all the fiscal responsibilities by April 2006.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.