Mahsi, Mr. Chairman. This particular discussion that we have been having about the university of the North, I have met with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Strahl, when he was still the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Minister at that time, and discussed the possibility of having a university bricks and mortar, but at the same time they want to expand on our existing campuses as opposed to bricks and mortar.
There was a recent announcement from the Prime Minister, or a statement on reintroducing discussion on the university of the North, so we are trying to get more detailed information from that particular statement that was made.
At the same time, I did meet with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Minister’s representative on the university of the North and tried to get more information as to what was said, and we are working closely with Mr. Duncan’s office, John Duncan, the new Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Minister. It is not only us as the Northwest Territories but also Yukon and Nunavut. I am working closely with my colleagues, both Ministers, and the discussion we had the last time we met with Minister Strahl was building on our existing campuses, but now it sounds like the focus has changed and we will be pursuing even further with Mr. Duncan.
I put in a letter to Mr. Duncan and other federal Ministers to meet with them to discuss this further, and I am hoping that we can see some positive outcome out of that. Of course, we want to see that in the Northwest Territories, but that will be a battle I will have with my two colleagues. Mahsi.