That answer does not give me comfort. Since we are a consensus government and we have the responsibility to make our government accountable, we could get this response on the very last day before we all go home. I would like to ask the Government Leader if we could have that response within the next couple of days.

Ms. Cournoyea.

Mr. Speaker, I really do not know when we are going to conclude, but I will make sure that I try to have a response to the question so that there is ample time for a response back to the question which I feel is being requested. Thank you.

Oral questions. Ms. Mike.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On or about February 21st, I had asked a question to the Minister of Education concerning this individual attending post-secondary school in Ontario. This individual is receiving financial assistance from the Department of Education. She wrote a letter to me asking why her allowance has been decreased from $531.43 to $522.86. The Minister had assured me he would get back to me. To date, I have not received a reply. When may I expect to hear from him so that I may relay the message to the individual that wrote to me? Thank you.

Ms. Cournoyea.

Mr. Speaker, I will make sure the Minister responsible responds on Monday.

Oral questions. Mr. Arvaluk

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Personnel. Mr. Koe asked a question on March 24th regarding the government houses that are for sale in Inuvik. Will the Minister respond to this question before the House concludes?

Mr. Kakfwi.

Oral questions. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask a question to the Minister responsible for Justice. Mr. Speaker, on February 25th, I asked an oral question to the Minister of Justice with respect to the status of the family law review committee. At that time, Mr. Patterson indicated a commitment to advise this House as to the status of this committee. To date, Mr. Speaker, there has been no reply. I would like to ask the Minister when he intends to reply to the oral question regarding the status of the family law review committee.

Mr. Patterson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe I told the House that there had been some difficulty in completing this work. Mr. Whitford and I expect to have a final report on the matter by the end of this month, which I realize is coming up in a few days. I will, therefore, commit to informing the House of the status of that review early next week, as soon as it is concluded and given to the department. Thank you.

Oral questions. Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Housing. We are all concerned about housing, as indicated earlier this session. The Minister indicated that the main thing that drives the whole housing program is the housing assessment. I would like to ask the Minister if he could inform the House as to the status of this needs assessment. Thank you.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last week I sent off a letter to all housing authorities, band councils, hamlets, any community organizations, territorial/native organizations, MLAs, everybody that we could think of in the NWT, to get their input into the vehicle used for a housing needs survey; that is, the housing needs survey instrument itself. The process we are using is that we have developed a survey and now we have sent it out to people to try and get their input into it. They will respond to us, and then we will involve their input into restructuring the survey, and then send it back out to the communities. At that time the communities will be doing the survey with the Housing Corporation, and that is every community in the NWT, every house in the NWT, and for the first time it is also going to include Yellowknife.

So we will get a really accurate picture of the housing needs, as well as the preference of our clients. We would like to know whether they prefer home-ownership, public housing, what size of houses they prefer, how they would like to have their family structure housed. These are all questions that are going to be asked in there.

That should be back to us by early July and be analyzed and ready to develop new programs for September, so that we can hit our 1992-93 building season with newly developed programs that are going to better meet the housing needs of all NWT residents, Thank you.

Oral questions. Mr. Pudlat.

(Translation) Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of Housing. Are they planning to build any units for 1992-93, DPW housing? Thank you. Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Kakfwi.

The question has been taken as notice. Oral questions. Ms. Mike.