Thank you, Madam Chair. If you refer to our strategic plan, you will find that aboriginal language and culture is shown as one of the key parts of our departmental operation. In this budget, just in schools alone, we have over $7 million, the same that aboriginal language and culture. Again, this is an area that we have insisted that the funding must be spent in this area exclusively. A directive has been issued to ensure that the funding is spent only for aboriginal language and culture or else the funding isn't provided to the DECs. We have developed Dene Kede and Inuuqgatigiit which are aboriginal language curricula that are available for use in the schools. We are supporting the college to provide Aboriginal Language and Cultural Instructor Program training across the Northwest Territories. There has been a significant increase in uptake in the last year. I know that, for instance, here in Yellowknife, the DEC or the Yellowknife 1 sponsored an Aboriginal Language and Cultural Instructor Program in part, because they were anxious to make sure that they could access the money that we make available for aboriginal language and culture here in the schools.

I think there are a number of various other things that are undertaken, Madam Chair, but I think that highlights the biggest categories.