(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask a question while we're on this page. Perhaps I can talk a little bit more about this. They attempt to charge any rate they want in the smaller communities, particularly the stores in the communities. I know that in the bigger communities, such as Pond Inlet and Igloolik, they have better options. They have very strong co-op operations. The co-op and the Northern Store attempt to compete for the lowest prices for their products. Communities like that have that option but in smaller communities such as Lake Harbour or wherever there is no extra store, the prices tend to be extremely high. The Northern Stores tend to say that because of the freight costs the food and merchandise are so high. I will use coffee, for an example. One pound of coffee would be around $3.59 in a larger community. In Coral Harbour, it is $4.48 for a pound of coffee. How can a coffee that is one pound be $2 extra just for the freight costs? I wanted to ask the Minister what they can do within consumer and corporate affairs to deal with the high costs in the smaller communities. I was wondering if they would have any kind of protection for such high costs in the smaller communities. Thank you, Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a quick question, referring to the Minister's letter to me regarding Victor Sammurtok School. As an example only, it seems that the design was made without any regard for delivery of specialized programs. He suggested that because the community has been focusing on specialized programs, it created overcrowding in Victor Sammurtok School and that it was not necessarily according to the divisional board's calculation of occupancy/utilization rates. Those two become different in that regard. When renovations or expansions are made or there are new schools built, will there be accommodation so that specialized programs can be incorporated into new facilities?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am still missing a firm definitive objective. In the contributions to the CEC or the divisional boards, we have been talking about involving the parents for the purpose of being successful with their children's education. Where in the budget or in the O & M will we be seeing at least some contribution where the community education councils will take an active role in promoting the parents involvement in having their children be successful, not so much in assisting them in what the materials are, but rather assisting them in parenting for the school children. Parenting not so much in how to bring up a child, but how to make the child be interested in getting their education.

I think some of us watched a program last night about how the immigrants, before the depression, came to the United States and Canada. Because they came from unwealthy families in Europe, when they came to North America they had their children go to school to succeed as much as possible at that time. The parents supported them 100 per cent, even financing their education or special education when they needed it.

I stated quite a while ago that I found education or going to school so easy because I had the training from my parents on how to work hard and they supported me. Is there anything along this line recognizing that the parents need to be taught -- especially young ones -- some parenting for students, not just children? Is there anything in the budget that will assist community education councils in promoting at least guiding the young parents how to parent the school children so that the school children will be encouraged, properly fed, properly clothed, guided and loved for the purpose of success in the schools? Thank you.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My last question to the Minister is, under the definitive objectives on page 18-7, under the objective, "To review the implications..." if you are going to improve the NWT curriculum, where are you going to be getting the funding? Under the main estimates in 1994-95, will you be able to tell us how they are going to be funded to improve the NWT curriculum?

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When they were developing the Inuktitut curriculum, I think it was every two months that there were some educational programs in Inuktitut. Is there timely development of Inuktitut curriculum in your department?

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister of Education, at the beginning of last year divisional boards of education were given quarterly funding. The money was put right into the bank and they collected interest. After collecting interest, that interest was used for Inuktitut curriculum in the Baffin and Keewatin. But after that the government established monthly funding for the divisional boards, and they were not generating interest any longer and it was not replaced by any extra funding for the Inuktitut curriculum. Is there still no funding to teach the Inuktitut curriculum in the schools for the Keewatin and Baffin regions divisional board funding? Thank you.

I don't understand why this bill should be introduced if it is going to cost us more in the long run. I just wanted to tell the public by introducing this bill, we are not saving any money at all because we are already spending it.

However, I guess we have to show we are going to be saving $24,000, but don't be fooled that we are going to be saving any money.

My last comment is I will be supporting this bill, on the pretence that we are going to pretend to save some money. But I think in the future, we should let the public know if we are saving money, we should be introducing a bill. Qujannamiik.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think this is what I wanted to hear, because I do want to show the UNW that we are making a prejudgment as to what we want to do with them. I think that is wrong. It is very hard to think and understand to save $24,000, we are spending...I don't know how much it is costing us so far. If you take the Legislative Assembly staff and time, we are probably spending close to $14,000 to go...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I understand that the spirit or the intent is to show the union that we would like them to do the same thing by fall. If that is the case, then why not just direct MSB -- if bargaining is successful in a zero freeze -- to move that the MLAs' salaries will be frozen along the same line as what is attained at the collective bargaining in the fall?