Question 397-14(6): Status Of The NWT Arts Strategy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the best of my knowledge, there have been no changes in that approach, Mr. Speaker, to continue with the Arts Council. I am not familiar with the dates of termination of the panel members, Mr. Speaker, but our intent is to continue with the Arts Counc

Question 397-14(6): Status Of The NWT Arts Strategy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have been working together with the department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development to develop the response to the arts strategy report vision for the arts, and we expect to be able to table that either tomorrow or the next day,

Question 394-14(6): Negotiating Funding With Local School Authorities  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly I think that's a good suggestion that we have our officials and the officials at the school and the DEA meet again together to discuss the issues that are before the school and see if we can eliminate some of the areas of problems, Mr. Speaker. T

Question 394-14(6): Negotiating Funding With Local School Authorities  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member made some very good statements and I want to echo those, as well, that the school in Fort Resolution is a fantastic school. They have a tremendous staff and they're doing a good job. They had a graduation ceremony last Friday at which I had hope

Question 394-14(6): Negotiating Funding With Local School Authorities  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the Member looking at the possibility of a pilot project. I think I have to go back to my comments earlier that we do have to do some homework on this and to look at the smaller communities where there is difficulty being experienced in order

Question 394-14(6): Negotiating Funding With Local School Authorities  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Member bringing this forward. I know there's concern in small communities with regard to the funding process that we use. It is done on a per capita basis. There's some additional funding provided when grades are extended to g

Question 390-14(6): Renovation Funding To The Chief Sunrise School  Mr. Speaker, I'd have to just go back into my memory to see what actions we did take. It seems to me we had checked about the aboriginal headstart program to see if we could obtain funding from the federal government to assist us in this particular process. That's from my initia

Question 390-14(6): Renovation Funding To The Chief Sunrise School  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First of all, Mr. Speaker, I do recognize that the aboriginal headstart program is made of students and they're extremely important. We have an early childhood development program with this government that addresses this whole area. To suggest that I don't

Question 390-14(6): Renovation Funding To The Chief Sunrise School  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with regard to the question itself, I don't have the answer to that. I would have to check back to see and check with our department. But, Mr. Speaker, I should point out that we looked at the school and identified a need for a renovation a

Question 390-14(6): Renovation Funding To The Chief Sunrise School  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First of all, I should state that any time we're dealing with a school facility, Mr. Speaker, we're very concerned to ensure that facilities are adequate and we can contribute to them. With respect to the Member's question, no, we didn't go to Cabinet fo

Minister's Statement 96-14(6): Federal Government Announces Training Dollars  Mr. Speaker, on October 3rd, the Honourable Jane Stewart announced, in conjunction with the Honourable Ethel Blondin-Andrew, a new aboriginal skills and employment partnership program. This $85 million, five-year program is aimed at securing and increasing sustainable aboriginal

Question 378-14(6): Baccalaureate Programs Available Through Aurora College  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, if the Member is speaking about the nursing, we already have everything in place for the teacher education program. With regard to the nursing program, it is our intent to proceed next year, Mr. Speaker.

Question 378-14(6): Baccalaureate Programs Available Through Aurora College  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there are still some process issues that need to be ironed out, and we hope to be able to accomplish that in the next couple of weeks. Thank you.

Question 378-14(6): Baccalaureate Programs Available Through Aurora College  Mr. Speaker, yes, the intent is to offer a third year, starting in 2004-2005, for nursing. There are still some hurdles to come, mainly in the area of space and so forth. Thank you.

Question 378-14(6): Baccalaureate Programs Available Through Aurora College  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have had plans for several years to offer a teacher education degree out of our system, through the Aurora College system, and additionally we have been working with Health and Social Services to offer a degree in nursing, and also we've b