Thank you. If I could understand it correctly, Minister, of the $4.859 million $3.5 million is accorded to Aboriginal groups? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Minister.

Yes, $3.523 million to the language communities. We also fund the Aboriginal language and culture instructors, and some funding going to teaching and learning centres as well.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to understand the role in terms of ECE and plus the communities that are recipients of these contributions that are given to them to try and put effort in terms of revitalizing the language at the community level. What role does ECE play and, plus, what role does the language groups in terms of receiving the dollars play? I know there's been challenges in terms of monitoring at least the status of the languages, then there's been challenges in terms of ensuring that the efforts are made, that best practices are made in terms of revitalization initiatives. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Minister.

We're also currently working with the Aboriginal organizations on developing an Aboriginal language strategy and action plan. And obviously, we do fund them and through contributions, and as a result we are developing an accountability framework as well to make sure that our Aboriginal language organizations are actually using the funding to do exactly that and try to revitalize the languages in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Nadli.

Okay, thank you. That's kind of leading up to my next question, and I'd like to thank the Minister for his reply.

In terms of, at the very minimum, in the absence of having accountability framework and measures in place to ensure the transfers of resources are brought to the community level I just wanted to see, at the very minimum, what are some measureable outcomes that the department is working to ensure that progress is being made in terms of reservation and revitalization of Aboriginal languages at the community level? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Minister.

A lot of those plans with the Aboriginal governments are being developed right now. And as we progress, we are going to develop those monitoring and evaluation plans as well, M and E Plans, and making sure that they're accountable for the money that we do contribute to them, and ensuring that they have some measureable outcomes in their action plans too so that we can stay on top of it.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is my final question. I think in the previous years we had perhaps, you know, mainly for broadcast organizations to be recipients of funding, to help supplement their -- at least bringing information to the public and information of that sort.

There were a couple of hiccups and have those, at least that working relationship, been improved in terms of ensuring that there's consistent approaches, ensuring that a recipient such as CKLB will not have perhaps to close down their operations? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr Chair. Yes, we do fund Aboriginal language broadcasting organizations. And we're always working with the groups to make sure that whether it's reporting, whether it's getting a budget in place, that we're working together to make sure that the hiccups and issues that have happened in the past are minimized and not looking to happen again in the future.

Just like every other little program and how we're shaping up the department, we are looking at multi-year funding agreements as well, so they don't have to continue to come back and apply on the same funding. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Thompson. Further questions? Mr. Nadli?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is my final question. The Minister had indicated that the department will be working with the regions in terms of the Aboriginal languages and that an accountability framework will be developed. Is there a timeline in terms of when we could be party to that and be involved with that process? Thank you.

Thanks, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Minister.

I would say by the fall. We are currently working with the Aboriginal organizations right now to develop those plans, so as those plans are being developed, we will also be creating those monitoring and evaluation plans as well. So we are looking at the fall, and we will make sure that committee is up to speed on those as well. Thank you.

Thanks, Mr. Minister. Mr. Nadli. Mr. Vanthuyne

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In case I missed it, I am going to ask what is going to be done in 2016-17 to implement the Court of Appeal ruling respecting the Ecole Allain St. Cyr? Was that a question? If that was a question previously asked and on the record, then I apologize, and I can certainly go back and check on that, but if not, I would appreciate an answer. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. Mr. Minister?

Yes, we are staying on top of that in terms of what was put out in the court order. We are doing what the final decision was. We are working with the French groups in terms of developing that relationship to move forward in terms of how do we adjust this.

As I mentioned earlier, we are also working with the federal government in terms of trying to get some funding through their heritage plan, so there is a lot of areas that we are working on and trying to get situations addressed, both in Yellowknife and Hay River, and that is the next step.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Further questions? Seeing none. Page 58, Education, Culture and Employment, education and culture, grants, contributions and transfers. Any questions? Mr. Vanthuyne.