Thank you, Mr. Chair. One other matter, then, is something that is not in this capital budget but should be. That is the phone system at the Harry Camsell School in Hay River. I think the Minister is probably aware of the situation, but there are 19 classrooms there, or teaching areas, and two telephone lines. It is extremely important to the safety of the teaching staff and the students, and extremely important to the parents that they be able to communicate with the school and the school be able to communicate outside. Now, different things have occurred which have brought about a school policy whereby if a student does not come to school in the morning, the school does not automatically assume that the parents are aware of the child's absence. So there is a need to tie up the phone lines initially early in the day to confirm that absent students' parents are aware of the fact that they are not at school, make sure they didn't get lost on the way to school. There is also a need for students to communicate occasionally with their parents from the school during the day. There is a need for emergency contact should an incident occur. There are just a lot of good reasons why two phone lines in and out of a modern school with this many different areas is required. It is a safety issue, a security issue and a communication issue. In this day and age, I cannot think of a reason why you would have a phone system with only two lines in and out of a facility of this size.
Right now, the teachers in the classrooms are having to bring their own cell phones just so that they are able to communicate outside of the school. It is only about a year since this has been brought to the attention of the DEA and there was a cost estimate at that time of around $20,000. I just don't know why a situation like this, for the amount of $20,000, is being allowed to continue. I would like to get the Minister's comments on that. Thank you.