Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I'm looking forward to replacement of the Kaw Tay Whee school, in Detah, and looking at all of the renovations, new schools, upgrades across the territory. I want to ask the Minister a question on the capital standards for NWT schools. Capital standards for NWT schools were put out, well, these standards are from 2005. I'm wondering, with all of the new education renewal and what not, if the department is considering a revision to the capital standards for NWT schools? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Minister Cochrane.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, currently, we are right in the process now of reviewing our capital standards for all our schools throughout the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I understand why it's being done, but I'm wondering if, inside the capital standards, the department is taking into account potential as we try to move into more employment-based communities, if inside the capital standards the department is looking at daycares? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I was just confirming with my department. When I first took over this position, actually and that's my background, which is in early childhood development specializing within the Social Work area, I talked about having schools as hubs in communities and having daycare providers, having speech pathologists and audiologists being able to be in schools, making it a centre or a hub, or that some parents, hopefully, would alleviate some of the residential fears that come with schools, trauma that comes with that, making it more of a hub.

I'm really pleased to report that our department has listened and that they are looking at the possibility of daycares and actually bringing our schools into more community hubs rather than just a stand-alone school. So, thank you, Mr. Chair, and I am proud of my department. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, now, to be more specific, I'd like to ask the Minister: I'm aware that the Minister and the department are discussing private partners with the YK Dene band and the expansion of the Ndilo school or the Kalemi Dene School for a gymnasium and a couple of classrooms, I believe; a lab and a classroom, I believe. I'd like to ask the Minister if I could get some sort of indication on how those discussions are going and how far into the future is she expecting that project to begin? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, we are working closely with the YK Dene First Nations to actualize their vision, and I like their vision. It talks about making it a hub, it talks about making a bigger gym, it talks about making it a centre of their community; and so, I'm fully in support of that.

We did have a vacant position that's just getting filled, but that shouldn't impact that. What I need to do, myself, too, is contact the Yellowknife Dene First Nation, and I will commit to doing that as soon as possible, to sit down with them again and make sure that they're still on track, and to see what kind of support they need so that we can move this forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, moving on to the second school, Kaw Tay Whee in Detah, my understanding from dealing with the leadership over there is that the department has requested that chief and council select a site, a potential location, for that new school. Being at that stage with the discussions between the department and the leadership, I'm wondering if the Minister could give me an indication of when that project might start. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Minister. Next, I have Mr. McNeely.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. One of the files I inherited from my predecessor was the school in Colville Lake. And I'm glad to see it's now on the books. Having been there several times and witnessing the children taking their classroom with bookshelves dividing the classroom, given the site visit that I saw, the state of the building, the state of the environment, I'm truly glad to see this is on the books. I know the Minister has had leadership meetings with the community, and the feeling that I get is that they're happy finally, after several years of efforts, this has come into fruition. So I'm glad to see it in the capital plan.

Thank you, Mr. McNeely for that comment. Anything further from committee? Seeing none, I will call this item. Education, Culture and Employment, early childhood and school services, infrastructure investments, $16,963,000. Does committee agree? Committee, please turn to page 14 and 15 with the project listing for labour development and advanced education. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we have lots of needs in Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to ask the Minister about community learning centres. Currently, we have a new community learning centre in Lutselk'e. That was very good for the community. It was used as a good back-up classroom for when they were renovating the school. So I think the community is pleased with that.

The two other communities that have community learning centres are in very old buildings. The one in Ndilo, and I think I'll speak on the two separately or ask questions separately, Mr. Chair. I'd like to ask the Minister: what is the plan for replacement of the community learning centre in Ndilo? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. When I was actually reviewing the report that was done on the Aurora College foundational review, I did realize that most of the infrastructure within the Aurora College, which community learning centres are a part of, needed to be updated; they needed to be reviewed. We need to put a priority as soon as we have the people, the management team, in place. We need to prioritize going through every community learning centre. It's not only the infrastructure, but it's also looking at: what are they providing now, what supports do they need, and what are their potentials? We need a full review of all of the capital assets within the Aurora College, including community learning centres. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chairman, I don't know the age of the community learning centre in Ndilo, and I know it's old, but I do know approximately, I mean within a couple of years, how old the learning centre in Fort Resolution is, and my guess is that it's in excess of 50 years old. I used to serve at the settlement council office when I was a child, growing up in Fort Resolution. It's been renovated, and the walls are getting thicker all the time. This has received a considerable amount of renovation. There's no question about it. I think it's time to replace the building.

I would like to ask the Minister: if on again not-so-long of a range plan, when would that community learning centre in Fort Resolution be replaced? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.