Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a return to a question asked by Mr. Dent on December 11, 1991, concerning NWT participation at Expo '92, Mr. Speaker. I have reviewed the information provided to me by departmental officials, Mr. Speaker, and the Government of the Northwest Territories is not considering withdrawing from participation in Expo '92.

As I informed the House previously in my answer to Mr. Antoine's question, to date $979,048.30 has been expended or committed for Expo '92. In addition, we have other commitments, both financial and otherwise. We have made job offers to 48 Northerners, the majority of whom are native people from all regions of the Northwest Territories. We have ordered 20 tons of musk-ox meat from the Inuvialuit, and we are in the process of making commitments for 12 tons of fish from northern fishermen. These commitments are worth some $600,000, Mr. Speaker. We have purchased $420,000 worth of arts and crafts from northern producers for sale at Expo '92, and we have a further $270,000 in arts and crafts provided to us on consignment. We expect to purchase a further $450,000 worth by the end of Expo '92 for a total of almost $1.2 million. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.