Mr. Chair, the question I have here is with the Chief T’Selehye School in Fort Good Hope. To be very brief, the community was offered to negotiate this school with the government. Under our land claim agreement there’s a chapter that somewhat supports contracts with the government. I know the different interpretations, different needs. I just want to know: would the government have made an offer to people in Fort Good Hope to look at it and negotiate a contract rather than a two tier RFP construction of the school?

Thank you Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Aumond.

I have to reconfirm those facts with my community. I’ll see what their interpretation is or how they got the sense of how this work was

progressing in Fort Good Hope, because I certainly have a different opinion hearing from my community in Fort Good Hope. I have to go through that process, and I have to follow through later on in terms of the response I got from the deputy minister.

Mr. Chairman, I want to look at when we have construction like that in our communities. As I said before, sometimes these constructions…. We certainly appreciate it, because it’s needed in the communities. The communities really look forward to having projects done, especially my community. It’s isolated; there are no highways. The only projects going into a lot of communities up north are a little different from the communities on the highway. So when we have this type of project, I want to see if there is any cost in terms of listing the values of the contracts that go to the communities. It’s a shared responsibility of the community and the contractors. I know contractors sometimes complain about our community members. Our members also complain about our contractors. Is there a list that evaluates this amount of money which is put into the community? Is that something that will be done or is being done already by the infrastructure department?

I certainly look forward to an explanation from Mr. Aumond.

The second last question is high school career and technology studies at $400,000. We talked about communities that want to have some opportunity to be even on par with the other communities in terms of high school career and technology studies. Can I get a list of what this means and where it’s going? Some communities like Colville Lake simply don’t have that — or Tsiigehtchic or Ulukhaktok or even some of the smaller communities down in the valley that want to get into some high schools, and they’re at a disadvantage right now as I speak today. There are haves and have-nots in our communities with education. So I want to see where we can bring this up to par with other communities.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’ll refer that program question to Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi. Mr. Chair. The Member asked for detailed information, so I can

certainly instruct my department to provide that information to the Member.

Thank you. I look forward to that information. I hope I can get it before we leave the House on October 24.

Mr. Chair, I appreciate the responses. My question now is going to focus on education in terms of the capital infrastructure for the community museums.

The communities at times have seen not much of a contribution, even though they appreciate and are looking at ways they can get involved. So I would also ask the Minister responsible for the museums if I can get some detailed information on what they are allocating to the community in terms of community museums.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’ll refer that specific question to Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Minister Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Chair.

Regarding the capital infrastructure for community museums that the Member is referring to, we can certainly provide the breakdown. I don’t have any in front of me right now, but I will break it down for the Member.

Thank you, Minister Lafferty. Next on my list is Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move to report progress.

Motion carried.

I’ll now rise and report progress. Sorry; how about I let you guys go first? Minister Miltenberger, I would like to thank your witnesses and have the Sergeant-At-Arms please escort them out.

Now I’d like to report progress.

The House resumed.

Could I have the report of Committee of the Whole, please, Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The committee has been considering Tabled Document 93-16(2), Northwest Territories Capital Estimates 2009–2010, and would like to report progress.

Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee as a Whole be concurred with.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. A motion is on the floor. Do we have a seconder? The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.

Motion carried.

Item 22, third reading of bills. Mr. Clerk, item 23, Orders of the Day.