Alfred Moses

Yes. That is correct.

The regular process when we get to where we are today with main estimates, a review of the business plans and what's going to be proposed in the main estimates is done, a business planning review. We did go before committee with all reductions, all the information was given there. As well, in terms of some of the discussions, in terms of whether we're going to give updates on employees that have been affected, we committed to that and we also committed to the positions and areas from the questions that were asked earlier. The process is we do present all this information at business plans...

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Mr. Minister.

For anybody that went through the EDI… It's great news because now they're going to be… The first group of kids that took the EDI assessment will now go through another assessment and that's grade four. Eventually, we're hoping to bring one at the grade seven level as well.

Yes, and I know that some information is brought forth to standing committee in terms of getting that information out. We are always looking at ways to improve our ratio moving forward in terms of pupil-teacher ratios, and that's one area that we are looking at.

Yes, that first $3.8 million is for French and Aboriginal languages. The second, the $2.588 million, is for schools.

I will go to assistant deputy minister. That would be Mr. Lovely, please.

In terms of some of the programs that our northern artists have been accessing, this one is under $15,000, so it is less reporting that has to be done. It is taken out of that area. I will ask the deputy minister if he would like to give a little more information on that program itself and why we did move it. It was under $15,000 available funding, so less reporting in the end.

As I mentioned earlier, in terms of when we're doing reductions on positions it's always tough when we always look at the best scenario, that if a position is moved that other people in that department or in that division can actually take up the work that needs to be done. With this particular position it was a vacant position. They moved that position to the North Slave. Thank you.

Yes. We are always working with our partners, NWT councils with disabilities but in terms of corresponding, in terms of the reductions, there was no consultation on that part. We looked at program services, when we had to go through the exercise and see where dollars weren't being utilized fully and thought that those would be areas that we can look into when we went through the reductions exercise. Thank you.