Mr. Speaker, the reason we hold terminology workshops in the communities -- and that has been going on for a little while -- is so that the elders could participate at these terminology workshops, and it would also ensure that the proper terms are used by interpreter/translators in interpreting in court, for example. I will take the Member's suggestion that perhaps there is room to improve the process and room to consult with the elders once we have developed the terminology. I will look into the area and see if we can involve the communities more than we have in the past, although we have been involving the elders in community workshops.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not have that background at that moment, when the new terminology is being developed, whether they go back to the elders. But I am told that in coming up with new words we try hard to consult with the people who know the language issues. I would be very happy to give a Member a report on how we go back to the communities in consulting with them to come up with new words.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Normally these terminology workshops are specialized in the area of different fields, especially with the Department of Justice. There have been workshops to train legal interpreters in using new terminology. These words are new to our languages. I know in our language we have new words for things like constitutional issues and words that describe the legal matters. These languages are normally used in the courts as well as adopted by communities. I know when I listen to the radio, to the Dene languages, there are quite a few English words used throughout the programs, and I am sure the Dene side of the language development are finding terminology that did not exist prior to the Europeans coming into our country.

These workshops, we find, are very helpful to interpreters and also very helpful to the communities when they start using those new words.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to congratulate the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut in reaching a final agreement in Ottawa during the weekend. I would like to thank the Tungavik negotiators. They worked very hard, and I wish to thank them. They worked so hard they seemed to forget about their personal lives. There is to be a Nunavut territory, and the territorial government has agreed. We have a lot of work ahead of us. The residents of Nunavut have to be informed of the details of the agreement. A plebiscite has to be held on the boundary question, and the agreement has to be ratified.

In addition we still have to negotiate a political accord with TFN and the federal government which will cover such important questions as principles for financing the Nunavut government, transition arrangements and timing.

As the Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs mentioned, the federal government has agreed to a $580 million payment over 14 years, and it has a guaranteed interest rate of 9.36 per cent. That means a total federal contribution of over one billion dollars over 14 years.

Finally, as Minister of Education I was also pleased to learn that TFN has negotiated a special fund of $13 million dedicated to training. This will help ensure that northern people are prepared to implement the claim. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would support the motion because when I was at that age I could hardly wait until I was 19, eligible to vote and eligible to run for organizations that tried to improve my community. As soon as I was able to vote, at the age of 19, I got into the community council and I started from there. I think there are community young people at the age of 17 or 18 who are very willing and capable and have a lot of energy to help their community. I just want to tell you that I am in full support of this motion. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not know the answer to the question. I will take the question as notice and get back to the Member as soon as I can. Thank you.

Thank you. Yes, I could provide detailed information, including tuition fees, books, travel, start-up allowance, living allowance, whether they have one, two or three dependants, child care and other additional costs that our government provides for that are not available through federal government programs. I will provide that detailed information to the Member as soon as we can put it together. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member is correct that our living allowance given to a student is a little bit lower than that of the Indian and Northern Affairs program; but I would like to point out that even though the living allowance we provide to students is lower, we have other programs that the federal government does not provide, such as a housing allowance, and emergency child care. If the students have children, we provide them with assistance for child care and a living allowance which the federal government does not provide. Our program, in total, is quite a bit richer than that of the federal government. Thank you.

I think what the Member referred to was adding a question to his question that was directed to me earlier in this session. Once I get all the information put together I will respond to the two questions. Thank you.