Shane Thompson

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is great information. However, in the business plan, it just says it is fulfilled. I am trying to understand how it has been fulfilled if we are still working on it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In here, the environmental fund, is this where we talk about recycling and that area? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I thank the Minister for that answer. I am very grateful that the department is still working towards that and we are getting to the bottom of this issue. Can the Minister advise us when they anticipate the work will be completed with these files? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Recently the CBC came out with an article with two researchers, one from the University of Montana and one from the University of Saskatchewan, talking about culling wolf populations to help caribou, and they were saying it doesn't work. I understand that the Minister spoke to this on the floor here with Mr. Vanthuyne, but can the Minister advise: have we come up with a solution? Have our researchers and our staff worked with local Aboriginal groups to come up with a plan? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I apologize. I was looking at it through the evaluation part of it. Is this the area where we talk about the SCIP and the evaluation of that? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I understand in the riding that I represent they already have plan of what they want to allocate the money for. If it is more than 7 percent, does that mean that they can't do the project; they have to find the money elsewhere? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do have three documents I'd like to table. The first one is a letter from Ms. Catholique-Valpy in regard to her daughters' names spelled in traditional for identification. The second one is "Transactions of the Canadian Institute, Volume IV, 1892-93" and "The South Nahanni River Region, NWT (1820-1972): Patterns of Socio-Economic Transition in the Canadian North." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I understand it is not an on-site position, but you want to have support. It is just not all about funding. It is supporting the daycares to do the job properly for our youth. So, again, I have a concern that it is only a half-time position, but I am going to move on to another topic. In regard to the $13-million surplus for the district education authority, does the Minister have a breakdown that she can share with us? She doesn't have to share it today. Is she able to share with committee to show the breakdown in these areas? Thank you.

The Minister talked about distance learning and the program that the department is using, and it is a great program. However, it is very much a peer setting. It is the top level, to get people into college or to university. Can the Minister advise: is the department looking at adding additional courses to the distance learning opportunity?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the Minister's passion and drive, and I am hoping that she is right, but we hear about government costs and that. Now we are going to add a second board? Is this not going to cost more money to the system, or are we able to do that with the $32 million that we have right now? Thank you, Mr. Chair.