Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am advised that a typical year would be between 12 to 16.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I assume that the purpose of the Western Arctic Leadership Program is to identify...I don't even know what the vision or mission statement is. I am assuming that because it's called the Western Arctic Leadership Program that it has something to do with selecting students that have potential for leadership and adding extra activities to their education curriculum that would result in that occurring.

If the department funds this and has done for many years, it kind of begs the question of whether or not the department would entertain proposals from any other non-profit organization that would be interested in educating students for emphasis on different things. For example, an elite athlete's education program or perhaps some non-profit organization that wanted to train students to go into certain areas of profession, maybe people who would like to integrate religious training into an education program. This is one, it's a stand-alone. Would the department entertain proposals from other interest groups, NGOs, non-profit organizations, societies, that would also like to train or educate students with a particular emphasis? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This program isn't built around a certain emphasis as much as it is built around supports for students to ensure success. The program is one where students attend a regular school. They attend a school in Fort Smith. What the program does is it ensures the students have supports in the evenings for ensuring they can get...if they need tutoring or support for doing homework, ensuring that those kinds of supports or additional supports are available. There are some extracurricular activities that they raise funds to participate in; going on the land trips is certainly one of the things I have seen the students do.

The curriculum that the students follow is the main curriculum. This is providing extra supports to help students generally from the smallest communities to have access to a broader range of programming than they might in their home community.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It sounds like a pretty nice arrangement for some students, for those 12 to 16 students who get to participate in it. When you talk about the program, and after-hours program and that being created to put emphasis on success, does the Department of Education, Culture and Employment do anything to monitor the success of the students enrolled in that program? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One of the obvious ways that we would monitor success would be in graduation rates, and the graduation rates are good from that program.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, if I were a parent of a child that fit this criteria from a small community and I wanted my son or daughter enrolled in this program, how would I go about gaining access or entrance into such a program? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Typically in smaller communities, the applications are made available through schools. The school counsellor would know how to get an application in. If that isn't found, you can contact the Western Arctic Leadership Program and they'd be, I'm sure, prepared to send you an application form.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just one final thing and I'm sure the Minister probably doesn't have it at his fingertips, but I would him if he would commit to provide to me not the names, but the communities ask by those who are currently enrolled in the Western Arctic Leadership Program. I'd like to see what communities they're from. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That's my final question.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, I'll do that.

Thank you. We're on information item, page 8-39.

Detail on funding allocated to education authorities.

Can we go to 8-42? Information item, college programs.

Page 8-43, information item, college funding allocation.