Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  The Member’s talking about certain students. This year we do have approximately 15 students, with a budget of $225,000. The work is underway with the DECs on a plan to look at this key area. They will continue to work with them.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  At this point we are asking for money to proceed with the plan to work in this particular area with the DECs. That’s why we’re before the committee.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  There have been questions in the House pertaining to this as well. Yes, we will continue with ECE in this area because we do provide funding as well. We will continue to work closely with them to resolve this issue. We are also looking at various options on the distance learning.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, certainly we have that available. We can certainly provide it to the Members. Mahsi.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, those recommendations were shared with the language and revitalization boards. We do have a status report that shows the progress on each of these recommendations that were submitted to our department. We’ve tackled some of the recommendations. There are some recomm

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, yes, it is important to highlight this key area. We are losing our language quite rapidly, but this is an area that we continue to work with the regions in the communities, in the Member’s riding of course, and also I think we need to stress that there is another pa

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, this has been in the works for a number of months now. We continue to work closely with PWS as well in this respect. We did consult with the local francophone board and also the local community, and just on a moving-forward basis will be the modular units onto the s

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, of course, the plan is in place for next school year, 2009. Mahsi.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, we have met with the school board and the superintendent on numerous occasions. There is also discussion at the federal level through the Heritage Minister, that department. Previous contributions went towards the school as well. We are on phase one, phase two. Thos

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, certainly this is a contribution agreement on base-plus. There are various communities that did qualify and will continue to qualify. We can certainly provide the list to the Members. Mahsi.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, I have to get the Member to repeat that question. Sorry.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, the money is geared towards the French program. Mahsi.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, yes, we clearly highlight the nine aboriginal official language groups here in the Northwest Territories. The number that we are looking at is all federal funding. We do provide additional funding to aboriginal language groups. On page 10-17, as you can see, the $8

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, as I indicated, we are in the process of renewing, so we are negotiating with the federal government right now. We are obviously asking for more than what is highlighted here. We are hoping to get more. There will be clearly our portion as a department towards the f

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, yes, this is the area of interest from the, more specifically, the two jurisdictions, territorial Nunavut and Northwest Territories. Of course, the Yukon, we still want them to be part of moving forward to push our aboriginal languages. This new Minister of Nunavut,