Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for Housing, the honourable Premier, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can assure the Member that there already is a study going on to look at how we can take some of the allocation of affordable housing and convert it into seniors' housing. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Minister for that. I'd like to ask him when we can expect the study to be completed and when would we be able to have a concrete decision? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I'm not 100 percent up to speed on each of these units. I can tell the Member, though, that we are looking at the old seniors' home, converting it into a facility for single people, and then taking the money we would have used for single units and building five senior units. Mr. Speaker, the money for this is spread over the current year, the next fiscal year, the 2007-2008 year, and the 2008-2009 year. So it would certainly be within the next couple of years that we would see a new building underway. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Premier again for the response. I'd like to ask the Premier if he would commit to coming up to Inuvik and touring the seniors' home with me and meeting some of the seniors that are interested in starting their own seniors' home. I've heard from a couple of elders and they've said that we hear we're getting a new seniors' home. So I'd like to ask the Premier to commit to coming up to Inuvik, meeting with myself and some interested seniors. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will be in Inuvik on November 27th to 29th to meet with both the Gwich'in and the Inuvialuit leaders and at that time I'd be pleased to meet with seniors with the MLA as well. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. We've been hearing lots of talk about capital projects, capital infrastructure in the education area. We've had some setbacks, I believe, in the territory through some unfortunate circumstances with respect to our schools. However, Hay River has an old school. It hasn't had any renovations or work done to it for a long time. It's 30 years old; the Diamond Jenness Secondary School. Back in March I got a letter from the Minister indicating that there would be a technical functional evaluation done on the school to determine what needs to be done in terms of upgrades or renovations to the school and I would like to know the status of that technical functional evaluation of Diamond Jenness. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have been advised by my colleague, the Minister responsible for Public Works, that the technical review and a look at the condition of the school have been undertaken. It's completed and we will have to meet to discuss what needs to happen from here. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Then I'd like to ask the Minister, what's the prognosis for some major capital dollars for the Diamond Jenness Secondary School in Hay River? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The technical review outlines a number of areas that have to be looked at. It would take a substantial amount of dollars to undertake all of what would be proposed. So we will have to look at where that can be fit into the capital plan. As Members of this House are aware, we are struggling every year with the capital plan with far more requirements for capital works than we have money to look after. So we will do our best to work this into the capital plan on a timely basis.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister confirm that Hay River's capital needs are not going to be negatively impacted by things such as faulty construction and fires and some of the misfortunes that have befallen some of our other capital infrastructure in the education area. I'd like the Minister to confirm that these things are not going to set Hay River back in terms of our needs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We try not to, or we try to proceed with our capital plan as it's set out. We hope that we would be able to, within the next few years, work the renovations to Diamond Jenness into that capital plan. Every year the capital plan is looked at, we have to take a look at how many dollars we have available and balance that off against the critical needs that we have. So it's not a question of one project impacting on another. It's more the overall size of the capital plan and that relates to how much of an operating surplus this government has. So all projects are balanced each year according to what money we have and it will be my intention to try and move this project forward on a timely basis.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Final supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you. I would just like to ask the Minister if he could confirm that the upgrades required to the function and needs of the Diamond Jenness Secondary School are a priority of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.