Well, I spent eight years on the Workers' Compensation Board and I still have some difficulties understanding what they are doing. When the worker is receiving disability pensions identifying potentially new careers, what gives the staff of the Workers' Compensation Board the right to determine whether these goals and aspirations of injured workers are acceptable? Who determines what career patterns they want to take, the worker or the staff?

Mr. Patterson.

Mr. Speaker, ideally it should be a joint process of support and co-operation between the worker, who may have their own ideas about a career, and the staff, which may be able to provide supportive advice. If that is not happening I am concerned, but ideally it should be a co-operative, mutually supportive relationship. Thank you.

Oral Questions. Second Supplementary, Mr. Todd.

Okay, would the Minister confirm that most of the retraining dollars that are currently being spent by the Northwest Territories' Workers' Compensation Board are actually spent in southern Canada? That is my point.

Mr. Patterson.

Mr. Speaker, since, unfortunately, most of the workers who are on pension with the Workers' Compensation Board live south of 60, I suspect that the honourable Member's suggestion is correct. However, I do not have an analysis of the proportion of money spent north of 60 or south of 60, so I am afraid I will have to take that question on notice. Thank you.

The question is taken as notice. Oral Questions. Mr. Pudluk.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Health. In the regions such as the Baffin we have health boards. We have 13 outlying communities in the Baffin, and from those 13 communities each one has a representative on the health board. Now as far as the future is concerned, I wonder if they will be thinking of cutting down the number of representatives on the health boards; they have equal representation as it is now.

The Minister of Health can respond to that, or the Government Leader. Minister of Health.

Supplementary. Mr. Pudluk.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you for the response, Mr. Minister. I understand you will be reporting back with more detail but right now, who appoints the representatives on the health boards? Are the community people involved in appointing or delegating representation? Thank you.

Mr. Whitford

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Oral Questions. Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Education. It is with regard to the matter that has been raised by my colleagues, Mr. Koe and Mr. Lewis. I ask the honourable Member, the Minister, if circumstances do not allow, or at least are such that the community education council does not want to be involved with the matter pertaining to in-service training, would the Minister allow or be prepared to accept a recommendation or a meeting with the appropriate representative to resolve this matter between the teachers and the Department of Education?

Mr. Allooloo, the Minister of Education.

Thank you. Yes.

Oral Questions. Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have some questions for the Minister of Government Services. Mr. Speaker, one of the things that many parents worry about when they send their children to school here in Yellowknife is that they will find their way into licensed premises such as the bars, and into alcohol-related difficulty. I wish to emphasize here that I am not referring to the death of my young constituent earlier this year, but rather to the serious concerns that many parents have about seeing their children come to Yellowknife. I understand that the Minister of Government Services is responsible for the Liquor Licensing Board and I would like to ask him the following question: Will the Minister take immediate steps to include a provision in their liquor regulations or the Liquor Act, which requires operators of licensed premises to ensure that all persons drinking in the bars have identification cards issued by Government of the NWT?

Minister of Government Services, Mr. Ningark.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is my understanding that young people who are under the drinking age do not have proof of age for drinking in licensed establishments. However, Mr. Speaker, there are times when young people are invited to drink with their friends in private homes. We are not able to control this. However, I will review the matter because I am as concerned as my colleague about this problem. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Antoine.