Mr. Speaker, there is a group of aboriginal employees in the Kitikmeot region who have a complaint laid before the Human Rights Commission. The complaint is that they have been discriminated against on the basis of race by the Government of the Northwest Territories. The complaint is not going to be dealt with by the Department of Personnel or by this government but by the Human Rights Commission.

Having said this, we are taking steps to address this for ourselves. We sent the Assistant Deputy Minister, Darryl Bohnet, into the Kitikmeot, yesterday, to tell us on what the situation and circumstances are with these employees, if there is any cause for concern on our part, if there is anything we can do and if there are any findings which should be brought to my attention as a Minister. These are serious allegations and there have been complaints raised by certain employees and the M.L.A. for Kitikmeot, Mr. Bernhardt, over the last year or so. I felt that some effort should be made to send someone from senior management in there to assess the situation on a preliminary basis. Thank you.