Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have reviewed the document, and agreed to look at the document again. Whether there would be a requirement for improvement for the purpose of the northern incentive policy, at the moment

there is a guideline there that will allow Arctic College to watch the costs to make sure that it is cost effective, and also watch the quality of the food that will be catered to the students under the tenants nutrition food guidelines. Theses details are part of the insurance that the government will get the best deal possible for the students whom we are serving.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The awarding of the contracts is done by the Arctic College through Government Services. The criteria for the invitation of proposals outline specifically as to what is to be considered. In fact, if I may, Mr. Speaker, the implication for proposal, whether it is catering or the construction by Government Services or Department of Public Works, are not any different at all, because of the substantial amount of a contract like that. Everything has to be very clear and specific to ensure that the proposals are under these standards.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, we have not considered extending, again, the proposal. We have already extended it for one week, and we have decided not to extend it again after today's deadline.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have just returned from Inuvik, where I participated in celebrations recognizing international literacy day, September 8. That event gave us all an opportunity to think about the importance of literacy in our everyday lives, and the role it plays in drawing us together as a society. With eight official languages, the Northwest Territories is in a unique position in Canada.

Literacy plays an important part in the day-to-day life of many people, and is vital as we take our place in society. The ability to read and write is essential to prepare for a job in any field and is the first step in lifelong learning and education.

Language is also one of the keys to maintaining culture. Literacy in our aboriginal languages is critical if we are going to revitalize our languages, and if they are to flourish. When we wrote our languages, we reach from the past into the present.

By recording and utilizing the voices of the elders into writing, we make sure that their wisdom, knowledge, belief and values are carried into a changing world, and passed on to a new generation. When we write in our aboriginal languages at work, we ensure that they hold a valid place in the world of business and government. When we develop literature, poems, songs, short stories, novels in our own languages, we say that they are as important in our world as any other language.

Peter Gzowski, well known author and host of C.B.C. radio's Morningside, has been a good friend of literacy in the N.W.T. Since 1990, he has held three of his invitation gold tournaments for literacy in the Northwest Territories, and raised $170,000 for the N.W.T. Literacy Council.

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While in Inuvik I was pleased to announce that the 1993 golf tournament will be held in that community next April.

Each year, the Minister Responsible for Education, Culture and Employment Programs, presents literacy recognition awards to residents whose dedication to literacy makes them role models for their communities. Sometimes those honoured are students, sometimes they are teachers. All of them are people we admire. On international literacy day, I recognized three women who have made significant contributions to literacy in the Northwest Territories.

Ms. Susie Nakoolak and Mrs. Pootoogook Adamie were nominated by the Coral Harbour Community Education Council for their work in developing and teaching an Inuktitut literacy project in the community.

The Gwich'in Tribal Council nominated Mabel English for a literacy recognition award because she is both a student and a teacher. She developed and taught Gwich'in language and literacy classes for adults in Inuvik. She also returned to learning to upgrade her own english literacy skills so that she can go to Arctic College after thirty nine years away from formal school.

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Mr. Speaker, I have with me today some very special t-shirts which promote literacy in all the languages of the N.W.T. These t-shirts are presented to students and teachers in communities across the territories. To mark international literacy day, I am pleased to present each Member of this Assembly with one. I hope you will wear them with pride, thereby promoting literacy in all our languages. Qujannamiik.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. None at the moment.

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 29, Bill 3 and Committee Report 12-12(2) and wishes to report that Committee Report 12-12(2) has been concluded with one motion being adopted, and that Bill 29and Bill 3 are ready for third reading. I move that the report of the chairman of committee of the whole be concurred with.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have to speak my mind today. We listen to news items go through the electronic media as well as the paper medium. For example, in my community above the tree line in the Eastern Arctic, I hear nothing but bad news in reference to our work in this House. While I am aware that the people involved in producing the news have an obligation to sell news and to keep us informed, Mr. Speaker, I want it to be known that CBC should not be selling their news to the receiving media, especially in Inuit communities. They should not be selling commercials within those communities. Because of that, first of all I want to say that we are happy with the performance of the aboriginal people, because they present a balanced view

of things happening, and Radio Canada is not part of the Work provided by CBC, so I want to state my support for the news that is provided by CBC Eastern Arctic. I encourage them to continue producing their work within their own style because it helps to promote awareness of what we are trying to do. When we keep hearing bad news about what is happening here, it causes concern; and the image is that good things are not happening within the House. This is the image that is also being received by visitors. So I encourage the aboriginal media to continue their efforts. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 28 and wishes to report that Bill 28 is now ready for third reading. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the chairman of committee of the whole be concurred with. Thank you.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question to the Minister of Transportation. You mentioned last year that wharves would be studied in the communities, namely, the ones near the seacoast. Will they also be doing some transportation through land because there will be developments arising from those projects?