Mr. Speaker, I cannot give a date. Some of the fish is moving through fresh. Some of the quota has to be moved out frozen. I think we would like to see if there are some more test fisheries, and I understand there is going to be over there. We would like to see what other products there will be before we make a commitment for further processing.

Oral questions. Mr. Todd.

My question is to the Minister of Health and, again, relates to Dr. Carmichael's AIDS condition. Although the risk of infection for patients is slight, the Canadian Dental Association has acknowledged a concern about the ability of AIDS-afflicted dentists to practise safely and competently once the disease has begun to progress. The Canadian Dental Association recommends that support panels should be established to counsel and advise those ailing practitioners on the dental services they are able to provide, given their physical condition.

My question to the Minister is this: What sort of assessment or monitoring of Dr. Carmichael's medical condition was undertaken either by the University of Manitoba, the Keewatin Health Board or the Department of Health to ensure he was able to carry out his contractual responsibilities?

Minister of Health, Mr. Whitford.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Todd.

Can the Minister make a commitment to review a list of the specific procedures performed by Dr. Carmichael during his visits to the Northwest Territories so that he can, where necessary, arrange for a follow-up examination of Dr. Carmichael's patients by another dentist?

Mr. Whitford.

There is not really a place in the rules for a question by a Minister, but I think I will allow the Member clarification.

There are certain practices put in place by dentists who have communicable diseases that are approved by the Canadian Dental Association, but we need to know and to be assured of this. Did Dr. Carmichael during his visits to the Northwest Territories follow those practices? If he did or he did not, can we arrange for a follow-up with another dentist with respect to the patients that he took care of?

Mr. Whitford.

Oral questions. Mr. Antoine.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the minister of the Department of Education in regard to quarterly funding. In December I asked some questions about it, and you were contemplating changing the educational grant payments from quarterly to monthly instalments; and if there is a change, then there will be a considerable loss of revenue to divisional boards of education. These revenues are currently used to supplement the grant in the delivery of programs and services. Can you tell the House what has happened up to date and how you are going to deal with this situation? Mahsi.

Minister of Education, Mr. Allooloo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The decision was made a year ago that the government would adhere to the auditors' report, that the funding to divisional boards would be monthly. In doing so, the Executive Council has not made the final decision on this issue. If we are going to go into monthly contributions to divisional boards, then the government will be talking to each divisional board to see how we could accommodate the loss of revenue they would ultimately suffer, in terms of getting a monthly contribution from our government. Thank you.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Deh Cho Divisional School Board in Simpson is using the interest from the quarterly funding to fund grade 11 programs in Simpson. The government decided not to fund them last year, so they are using the interest, presently, to fund grade 11. They want to increase it to grade 12, and if you cut the quarterly funding to a monthly funding, then we will lose that interest payment. Are you saying that you will negotiate with the Deh Cho Divisional School Board, the grade 11 and grade 12, as they were planning to do this year? Mahsi.

Mr. Allooloo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The department has developed a paper, that I will be taking to the Executive Council, on this topic. Thank you.

Oral questions. Oral questions. New question, Mr. Antoine.

It is a question for the Minister of Health regarding the hospital in Simpson. Yesterday I asked if it was possible for me to receive some in-house working papers that you had, but you never answered me. Is it possible to get something from you on this?

Minister of Health, Mr. Whitford.