Thank you, Mr. Chair. The increases that we had previously gone into agreements with Dechinta on was for $500,000. Also, I just want to make a note that, with College Nordique, the government has gone into contracts with them for training services throughout all of our departments, so there is also an increase through other departments in terms of funding for French services. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister Moses. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair, and I appreciate the Minister's answer. So, if Dechinta was getting $500,000 before, what are they getting in 2018-2019? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. O'Reilly. Minister Moses.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The previous arrangement that we had with Dechinta before we got into the multi-year agreement was $250,000. Our current contribution to Dechinta in that multi-year agreement is $500,000. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Moses. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, I appreciate that, and I think that is a good investment of funding from our government. I am sure the Minister will work with College Nordique to look at how we can support those folks, as well. I want to shift now to the post-secondary education legislation. Can the Minister just give us an update of where that is at? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Minister Moses.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Currently, the discussion paper is before standing committee. We are also getting that information out to some of our other partners and stakeholders on that legislation to get their feedback. So I believe the discussion paper is before standing committee, and, as I mentioned, getting that discussion paper out to leadership, really, in the Northwest Territories to see how this legislation is going to work. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Moses. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, I appreciate that. So maybe I can just ask the Minister. So the first step is going to be a discussion paper. The usual process seems to be that there is a "what we heard" report, a legislative proposal, and then a bill arrives in the House. Is that the process that we are going to use here, and can the Minister just give us some rough ideas of the timing of those different steps? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Minister Moses.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think it is important on this piece of legislation that we get good consultation on that discussion paper and make sure that all of our stakeholders and our partners have that input. We are expecting a draft bill to the Legislative Assembly by late 2018 or, if anything, early 2019. So we are going to have that consultation over the next several months, and then, hopefully, we will have a draft before the Legislative Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister Moses. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, that is what I had, and I appreciate the Minister's answers, and I look forward to that discussion paper very soon. Thanks.

Thank you. Any further questions on this activity? I have to apologize to committee here. I included pages 50 to 60, but I am going to separate that by calling this summary and then moving to information item starting on page 54. So, going to page 50, Education, Culture and Employment, labour development and standards, operations expenditure summary, $50,389,000. Agreed?

Okay. We shall move on and do page by page on the information items, starting with 54. Any questions to page 54? None. Page 55? Seeing none, information item on page 56, any questions? Seeing none, information item on page 57, any questions to page 57? Seeing none, information item on page 58, any questions to page 58? Seeing none, information item on page 59, any questions to page 59? Seeing none, information item on page 60, any questions to page 60? Seeing none, we should go back to the departmental total on page 29. Departmental total, Education, Culture and Employment, $327,341,000?

Agreed. That concludes the department. Does the committee agree that consideration of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment is completed?

Agreed. Thank you, Minister and your witnesses. Do you have any closing comments?

Thank you, Mr. Chair, no. I just want to say thanks for all the comments and feedback, and, moving forward to the next fiscal year, I'm looking forward to seeing some of the programs and initiatives that we will be rolling out with the approval of the main estimates for Education, Culture and Employment. We will continue to work with standing committee as we move forward with the department. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses from the Chamber. Mr. Beaulieu.