We spoke to Mary Simon who is the President for Inuit Tapaariit Kanadami.

Simon says she attended the first ministers meeting in Ottawa last week and she met with the Prime Ministers, Premiers and Territorial Premiers.

She says the discussions was about the upcoming federal budget that will be announced tomorrow January 27th-2009.

Simon says the purpose of ITK was to be there for the needs they have in the Arctic and the needs that the Inuit have in the Arctic is for more housing or other infrastructure development, education and skills training and those are some of the things that ITK would like to see the in stimulus package.

She adds this meeting they held with the Prime Ministers and Premiers was not a meeting to make a decision, it was meeting where they can present their priority for the upcoming federal budget and the kind of investment they would like to see in the North and Arctic.

OKâlaKatiget spoke to two instructors at the College of the North Atlantic on the north coast, to find out how many adult students are enrolled in their community.

Gerry Hapgood is the instructor for Adult Basic Education in Nain.

He says there are eight students in his class this year and they are taking level three courses.

He says there were two students who graduated last year, and one will graduate very soon.

Hapgood adds for anyone who would like apply for CONA there are four seats available and you can contact him at (709) 9222-2985.

We also spoke to John Rickson who is the instructor for Hopedale.

Rickson says there are seven students in the Adult Basic Education or ABE classes.

He says three adult students will graduate in few months.

Rickson says the students are working hard and moving on good and will be completing their credits.

He adds the College of the North Atlantic receive fundings from Inuit Pathways for the programs.