Mr. Chairman, I do agree with Mr. Ramsay’s comments in terms of the North needing a university. It seems that we have some pressing issues that we need to put together for the Minister. As Mr. Ramsay indicated, there are some things that we should really take this opportunity to press hard with the federal Minister to look at a university in the Northwest Territories for building our case. I hope that we have the opportunity to make a strong case to the federal government.
The Minister alluded to the NWT Day as something that we could do. I think that the North does need a university now, we are at prime time to have a university and I think with the funding that we do have with our leases, it certainly can go towards a university in the North here. I think the most logical location right now would be in the capital city here. We need to have that discussion with all Members here, as to this opportunity here.
I think, Mr. Minister, you need to let the Minister know that we need a university; bottom line, that is it. Let’s start putting our things together.
I want to ask the Minister, in terms of infrastructure dollars and the opportunities that he may see within his department or within other departments in terms of the Sahtu has been asking for a technology training institution and what type of infrastructure dollars that the Sahtu leadership can tap into if they were to build an institution. Would the department be interested in leasing it off them when looking at facilities? There are some goals and aspirations of the leadership to build a Sahtu institution of technology, so I want to ask the Minister has he an indication as to what type of opportunities are there for the leadership to put together a package to build a Sahtu institute of technology training centre in our region and if it is possible to have some discussions with our leadership on this very specific potential project. Thank you.