Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for clarifying that for me, Mr. Minister. Another area I would like to touch on is the area of teachers in the Territories. I know we have been talking about a target for teachers, if I am not mistaken, to have 50 percent of the teachers in the Territories aboriginal. I am wondering if the department has any figures as to how many northern teachers we have? They may not be aboriginal, but if we know what a Northerner is, how many do we have?

I know the page number now, so if I cannot make it out, I will come back to the department for an explanation on that one. Another question I would like to touch on is that there was some talk about students who have gone to school for a number of years in the Northwest Territories, and then took maybe the last two years of schooling outside the Territories. I would like to ask that particular question, and I will use one of my family members as an example, because it could happen. Let us say I have a daughter or a son who goes to school for the first ten years here, and then goes away for the last year for high school. Would she still then be entitled to student financial assistance from the Territories? Her home address is still in the Territories by the way, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I did not quite get what he said on that particular situation, but I was not specifically referring to that case. I was using it more as an example if we have somebody in that situation. They have been out of school for two years now, but at the time they still had one year's funding left, like two semesters left of funding, that they had not accessed. With these new policies, does that change that at all? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

There are a couple of areas that I would like to touch on, and one of them is in the Student Financial Assistance Program. Having been around for a number of years and having four kids going through the education system, it appears that every time one of my kids come to post-secondary education, there is a different set of rules applying to how they receive funding. I still have two outstanding issues with student financial assistance, and I have not had time to go through that whole booklet. Maybe my particular situation has been addressed, but I am going to ask a couple of questions in that area and get specific answers to what I am looking at. Maybe it will help me understand part of it at least.

When my son finished high school, he went to a post-secondary institution in Calgary called the Rye. They had a different system than university, whereby they had three semesters a year with no summer break. When he applied for student financial assistance, he could not get funding for the three semesters a year because the department said they could only pay for two semesters per year. My son took four years of education in a matter of three years, but only collected financial assistance for three years. At the time, I was to understand that he still had one year of financial assistance left through the department. I would just like to ask the Minister, with the changes in the policy, what funding would he be able to access now? Does it change his funding in any way? Does it increase it or decrease it? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister responsible for Transportation, Mr. Steen. It is in regard to a matter in my constituency which is affecting all of Hay River. It has to do with the location of the fuel tanks at the airport.

In view of the fact that there have been concerns raised from the town and the airlines, are there any plans within the department to do anything with the fuel tanks at the airport? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am glad to hear that the Minister would entertain the idea of putting an extra position in Hay River if it was justified. I just wonder, Mr. Speaker, has the Minister had any consultation with Hay River? I find it hard to believe that Hay River would not be pushing very hard for a position due to the involvement that they will have with oil and gas. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I look at it from the point of view that the government and headquarters have a whole department, the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, and also, the Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs is quite involved and will be looking after the government's interests.

However, Mr. Speaker, in view of the fact that they have all of theses positions in Yellowknife, would the Minister entertain moving that position to Hay River? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in keeping with my Member's statement in regard to oil and gas and how it affects the community that I come from, Hay River, I would like to address the area of the four positions that have been created for oil and gas development.

For the last couple of years, Mr. Speaker, I have been hearing why Hay River did not benefit a lot from the diamond mines because of its geographical location. Also, I have been hearing that Hay River is very well situated for the oil and gas development.

I would like to ask the Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Handley, how he justifies a position for oil and gas in the capital, Yellowknife, but no position for the community of Hay River. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues. Hay River does have infrastructure that is going to be very crucial to the development of oil and gas in the North. I suggest that without the help of this government and some emphasis being put on Hay River, we could just as easily be bypassed. I would like to urge this government to take a proactive role in helping Hay River prepare for this oil and gas development. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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