Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Supplementary, Member for Baffin Central.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Supplementary to the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. The Minister may be aware of product awareness marketing initiatives undertaken by manufacturing associations and marketing boards in other jurisdictions to promote agricultural and forestry products. Would he be willing to complete an evaluation of their effectiveness, and consider using the same techniques to publicize and promote products from the Baffin fisheries among consumers in southern Canada?

Thank you. Mr. Pollard.

Yes, Mr. Speaker, although I would be wanting to represent all the products in the Northwest Territories, and maybe do it on a product basis, Mr. Speaker, so we are getting a global approach, but yes, I would be willing to look at that.

Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the Minister of Health. Could the Minister indicate to me whether or not the report of the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons was one of the documents that was sealed by the court?

Speaker's Ruling

I have a little problem with that question, because with the court proceedings right now, and we do not know what is in there. At the moment we do not know what they are talking about regarding the Saskatchewan College. There is an action in the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and the proceedings have been adjourned, to the best of the Chair's knowledge, the matter deals with the report of the Saskatchewan College. It is hard to get all the facts, since the files have been sealed, and the full information has not yet been made available to the House. It is the opinion of the Chair that the report is the basis of the accident, so any questions pertaining to the report would be out of order. If you, Mr. Nerysoo, could give a better indication of your question to me. Mr. Nerysoo.

Mr. Speaker, I am not clear on the advice you are receiving and I am not clear on the instructions you are giving me, however, I must say that the Minister has referred to the matter of the report for the last three or four days. I am not clear, and maybe you can instruct the Members here as to how we can address this particular matter. I am not the one who raised the report. What I asked the honourable Member was whether or not it was one of the documents that had been sealed. I do not know, but he has referred to the document himself. If you are ruling me out of order, I accept that, but I am not clear on the instructions that we are receiving. You are allowing the Minister to raise a report, and then telling us that we cannot question the matter on the report. Maybe you can have the Clerk and the legal advisors clarify that matter for us.

Agreed. Agreed.

I would like to advise the Member, since we have been sitting here almost three days now, to be sitting in the Chair it takes a while to try and find out the Member's concerns and try to put them together. I was trying to find out what your concern was with this issue. If you want to ask any of our advice, it is available, and my role sitting in the Chair is really not debatable. Mr. Nerysoo.

Mr. Speaker, I realize that it is not in the interest of the Member to challenge your ruling. In fact, I am not challenging the ruling. What I am trying to get at is my privilege as a Member to ask questions on matters that have been raised by other Members in this House, and it is not my intention to challenge your rulings. In fact, I sat in that position, and I know the responsibility, however, Mr. Speaker, if I could ask a question of the Minister of Justice to clarify for me whether or not sealed court documents are not to be publicly utilized or transmitted, until those proceedings are, in fact, addressed.

Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you. The Minister is taking that question as notice. There was also a written question, number 053-12(2), about this same question, raised before. I do not really have the answer in my hands right now. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Gargan.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Constitutional Development. There was a report done by Mr. Bourque and his group in regard to the Constitutional Development Commission. The report was done, and was reported to aboriginal groups in July, and in order for them to carry on with their work, they need to have approval for the second phase of this document. I would like to ask the Minister whether or not any further developments are required to the commission itself, and the direction they are taking.

Thank you, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Gargan.

Mr. Chairman, during these last six months, there has been bilateral discussions on the Canadian constitution, in which new developments have occurred, like the inherent right to self-government. Further, there is a gratification for the referendum that is going to be happening October 25. I would like to ask the Minister whether or not, in the event that the referendum supports the constitutional package as is, will it deter from this document at all, should the commission continue, in spite of new developments that are happening with the constitutional talks.

Thank you. Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Pudlat.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have raised this question quite a few times and it is not new to the Minister. My question is regarding the utility rates. It is very different for the utility rates across the Northwest Territories. Can the Minister advise us, if they have completed the study on the utility rates, why they are so different across the Northwest Territories? Can the Minister advise us the answer today or during the session? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.