Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm glad to hear that we've moving ahead in this area because it's very, very important. As a supplementary, Mr. Speaker, to do with the potential in diamond mining, is there anything specific that the Minister's department is doing in cooperation with companies who are right now in the process of exploring for diamonds in the Northwest Territories to provide training specifically for potential diamond mines? Thank you.

Thank you. I hope we'll get the response while we're still sitting, and I appreciate that response from the Minister. Mr. Speaker, as a follow up, if the Minister could also inform this House if any training programs or education programs directly related to mining have been set up. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Mr. Speaker, I think we're all aware of the tremendous potential for employment in the mining industry, and we're also aware that the mining industry has become very, very technical. In the past, people in the Northwest Territories haven't been able to take advantage of opportunities because they didn't have the proper training. Mr. Speaker, over the last year I've brought this point up a number of times just to make sure that we're ahead of the game this year. What progress have we made, Mr. Minister, in putting together a human resources skills inventory so we know exactly who is out there who is looking for jobs and what skills they have? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

It is now.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister responsible for mines, Mr. Todd. I wonder if Mr. Todd could give us an update of the northern negotiations. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, unfortunately, this one got a little bit sidetracked. Because Members had concerns, I had no problem with it going back to committee but that was defeated. Basically, the way I see it, the first part will be passed now and then we'll have another shot at the further amendment in June. If Members don't like that part, they can vote against it in June. I'm going to support it, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Speaker, I'll use another approach with the Minister of Education. Mr. Speaker, it was my understanding that the Minister of Education has a responsibility to provide information to this House about the boards. We have no other way of getting it in this House. My question, Mr. Speaker, to the Minister is will the Minister be prepared to write a letter to each of the boards and ask them about the magnitude of the drug problem in their areas and ask for their suggestions on how the government could help, and table those responses here in this House in June? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Supplementary to the Minister. Could the Minister make available to this House for the June session, a report on the problem of drug use in schools across the Northwest Territories to this Legislative Assembly? Thank you.

Well, I'm surprised to hear that the Minister is not prepared to take a leadership role in this area. I don't think the question that I posed to the Minister is an onerous one, and it is not one, I don't think, that would cause the Minister and his staff a lot of trouble to deal with. What I said is, there is obviously a serious problem in our schools with drugs and I think the Minister of Education and the Department of Education has a role to play in trying to deal with this problem. I'll ask the Minister if he could correspond with the boards and offer the support of the department in trying to deal with this serious problem.