In relation to the consultant’s report, I see that there are some recommendations made that may involve the purchase of possible, I guess purchase of computers. I think it’s fairly clear that in Lutselk’e school that they lack the computers. I don’t know if it’s the hardware. Actually I forgot what the term was to describe the computer infrastructure, but just the lack of computers. I’m wondering if the department has done any work at all in the area of providing

computers that may be needed for the various classes or even that small computer centre that currently exists in Lutselk’e’s school.

That’s all I have. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Next I have Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just another question getting back to Ecole Allain St- Cyr here in Yellowknife. My French is not that good, but I can understand, though, we’ve received a number of letters from parents and staff at that facility requesting that the Government of the Northwest Territories try to get the federal government or ourselves to step in and look at a gymnasium for that school. Has the government done any work in trying to secure some capital dollars that would allow a gymnasium to be built at Ecole Allain St-Cyr? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I understand that’s basically the focus of the phase two discussions or negotiations that are underway with Heritage Canada. Thank you.

I’m just wondering if the government has any indication from Heritage Canada when we might expect to see any dollars flowing north into a project that would put a gymnasium on that school. Thank you.

At this point we don’t have any formal kind of commitment for any specific amount of funding from Heritage Canada. So the discussions continue. Thank you.

I’m just wondering if the Minister could let me know who is the lead from the government. Is it the Minister responsible for infrastructure? Is it in fact the deputy minister for ECE? Who is responsible for trying to get these dollars from Heritage Canada? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Deputy Minister Daniels.

Thank you, Mr. Daniels. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. How successful does the government think it can be in trying to get some support from Heritage Canada to allow a gymnasium to be built at Ecole Allain St-Cyr? I can’t ask your opinion, but just give us, you know, are we wasting our time or is there any hope? What’s the real story here? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The staff have been working I think quite well together. Though nothing formal has been brought forward, the discussion at the staff level indicates that I think they’re moving into a ballpark where there’s numbers being talked about, but it may be possible to be recommended. Once again, all we have at this point is the discussion at that level, but it’s sounding promising. Thank you.

I would expect that the government would put their best foot forward and work with Heritage Canada to try to get that money. Any support that I can give you, or I’m sure there’s other Members here that we could lend our support to the discussions, you know, if there’s a lobby effort or whatever it takes to try to get some of this money, I think we really need to, again, put our best foot forward and try to secure that funding. Like I said, my French isn’t that good, but the word gymnase is in that letter, every letter that I’ve received, and I know what that means and that’s a gym. I would hope that the Minister’s French is such that he understands what that means and other Cabinet Ministers and government officials that are having these discussions with Heritage Canada. Thank you, good luck. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. I do not have anybody else on my list. Sorry, Mr. Krutko.

Just on gymnasiums, I know in Fort McPherson, one the schools replaced there, the community had to pay $400,000 of their own money to get a full-sized gymnasium. So if they were able to do it there, I think we should maybe consider that as an alternative, unless you’re going to pay back the community of Fort McPherson $400,000 to get a full-sized gymnasium because they had to come up with the $400,000 themselves in the community. So I would just like to ask the Minister if that’s been considered in regards to getting other groups, if they’re interested, in getting gymnasiums and whatnot, that maybe they should be funding it.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don’t believe that that is a subject of conversation that has yet been broached in regard to moving this project forward. Thank you.

So I’d just like to know who do I send the bill to so we can get our $400,000 back since we’re the ones that paid for that gymnasium.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Would Minister Miltenberger like to respond?

I’d just like to commend the people of his communities for their initiative and willingness to put their money where their desire was for a project like a gymnasium. Thank you.