Thank you, Mr. Chair. My questions relate to the junior kindergarten upgrades that are slated to be delivered in terms of key communities. This is a one-time budget item for 2017-2018, and I wanted to understand just how it is that this initiative will be delivered. So could the Minister provide some details in terms of how this initiative will be rolled out? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In working with some of our communities that have implemented junior kindergarten right now as a pilot, we did ask them what resources were needed and what kinds of adaptations or things needed to be done to the school. In terms of details we did fund Fort McPherson $110,000, I believe, and that's to construct two additional washrooms to accommodate the extra 14 students. In Tuktoyaktuk, where the junior kindergarten program is working very well, to accommodate them we've invested $142,500. The Hay River Reserve, the additional students there was an estimated $57,500 and in Behchoko, an estimated $90,000 for about 42 additional students. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It seems very obvious by the update that this has been rolled out already and funds committed, and the Minister did state that these were pilot initiatives in terms of trying to prepare communities for the eventual implementation of junior kindergarten. Was this scheduled for all communities? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Currently we've already been engaging the communities, the schools that have been implementing the junior kindergarten program, and we've been doing a survey of all schools and seeing what schools will need to implement the junior kindergarten moving forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm just trying to understand how this initiative was rolled out and how it was implemented. I understand there is a need to work with communities, so I'm just trying to understand, and maybe the Minister could answer this question. In terms of providing resources for communities to undertake minor upgrades and perhaps in preparation for junior kindergarten to be implemented in their communities, was it contingent upon them to support JK? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Minister.

In terms of implementing JK, the ones that I mentioned here earlier were based on need. Not all schools right now can accommodate additional students. For example in Tuktoyaktuk, where the school was made for kindergarten to grade nine, the school decided to go to grade twelve, but they also implemented junior kindergarten, so it's a JK to twelve school now. You'll see that we needed to construct additional space moving forward to address that. It's based on need, and as I mentioned, we are surveying the schools to see what resources are needed in the communities. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think I have an understanding with $400,000, in terms of its limited capacity, to try to make improvements on a minor scale to communities that could probably receive the junior kindergarten initiative. Has the Minister contemplated the requirement for further needs in terms of further resources that they could commit in terms of ensuring that JK is properly implemented at the community level, for all communities? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, that's why we're doing the survey, and this isn't the first time that we've given funding to communities and schools to make the necessary changes for the junior kindergarten program. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Moving on. Mr. Nakimayak.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My colleague here had asked a couple of questions that I'd had earlier, but just going back to the Mangilaluk School renovation and addition, the midlife retrofit and an addition of 1,000 square metres of space, just a question to the plans and how many additional classrooms will that 1,000 square metres offer for junior kindergarten to high school students? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Nakimayak. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Member is right, it is 1,000 square metres. I believe it includes high school instruction areas, a community library space, additional administration area, additional storage and improving viewing for the gymnasium. As I mentioned, the addition is based on our capital standards and criteria and school maximum capacity of 330 students. So there's quite a bit that's gone into there, including a specialized instruction space to deliver career and technology courses. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Nakimayak.

No further questions. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am going to go back to the things that are not in the capital plan but not anticipated to be in the capital plan. At this point, I'm just trying to get a schedule for it. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the Minister if they are looking at the 20-year needs assessment, which is, I guess, the first step to developing a five-year capital plan. In the 20-year needs assessment, in 2018-2019, it indicates that the Detah School is scheduled for replacement. I'm wondering if I can get the Minister to give me a capital update on that Detah School? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Mr. Minister.