Mr. Speaker, in the only meeting that I have had with people who are in charge of the R.C.M.P. here in the Northwest Territories, I had suggested to them that there are certain communities that have had long outstanding requests to have R.C.M.P. officers put in these specific communities. I pointed to Wrigley as one example, and as well, there was a suggestion that certain communities such as: Grise Fiord; Paulatuk; and Sachs Harbour; among others, who would, as a result of cutbacks, be unable to enjoy the presence of an R.C.M.P. officer.

What I wanted, as a Minister, was some clear indication from the R.C.M.P. as to what is required in order to maintain these positions, when they were being threatened, as well as to replace officers in locations like Wrigley. That was agreed to, as you know. A week ago, the R.C.M.P. indicated that because of savings they have made through the year, they are able to put R.C.M.P. officers back in certain places like, Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, and one or two other communities, but they are unable, as yet, to respond positively to requests such as Wrigley. As a result of my lunch meeting with the Gwich'in Council, Arctic Red River has served notice it has also been asking for many years that this type of service should be provided.

It seems to me that once we work out the type of additional funding that the R.C.M.P. may require to staff these positions, and it should be clear what the difficulties are, such as lack of housing, lack of office space, and in some cases, a lack of adequate housing, then the costs become quite substantial.

We are looking at ways in which we could make it more realistic, perhaps, try to present a realistic proposal to Cabinet and then, hopefully, to this Legislature to provide some comfort to communities like Wrigley and Arctic Red River amongst others.

It is my belief as a Minister, that every community, whether or not there is a level of crime reported, should all enjoy the presence of a police officer. This leads to peace within the community and a sense of security, especially for the elders, and the women and children of that community. The matter is simply to find the most expeditious way of proceeding. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I apologize for missing the question. As I understand it, none of the communities who are without an R.C.M.P. are asking for an auxiliary force or a replacement type of officer. What I understand is that every community that is not enjoying a

R.C.M.P. officer at this time, is making that request, to get an R.C.M.P. officer.

The Government of the Northwest Territories with the R.C.M.P., for some years now, have worked on an initiative, especially where there are one man detachments and possibly more than one R.C.M.P. stationed, that we will get into a program that will see a voluntary or auxiliary force trained by the R.C.M.P. that could be used in those communities, so that the communities would have input into their own policing.

(Translation) Mr. Speaker, when this was first brought up...

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(Translation) Mr. Speaker, yesterday we had a meeting with a number of people, and I would like to say something about it. Mr. Antoine had questioned me about it. When we first established this committee there was just a certain number of people that were sitting on it, there was Roger Gruben from the I.T.C.; and the Dene Nation, Bill Erasmus as representative; Gary Bohnet from the Metis Association; a Member from the M.L.A.'s; and a Member from the Ministers.

The people that were sitting on the board were aboriginal people, there were people from up the Beaufort Sea, from the Metis Association and from the Dene Nation. If we were to have self-government, how would we handle governing ourselves? Further into these discussions the Gwich'in have decided that they would like to have their own self-government, and no longer be included with the Dene Nation. They would like to have their own representation from amongst their own people. So, it was agreed upon.

Not long after that, the Sahtu region decided that they wanted to have their own representation for their own self-government system. They wanted to have their own representative from their own region. So, they were included within the group. Since this spring, we have not had meetings together, so, yesterday when we were finished here, we had a meeting at 6:00 p.m. When we all gathered together the Dogrib Nation also joined in, and they also said that they wanted to have their own representation.

So, they are now included with their own representatives to speak on their own behalf. As you may know now the Dene Nation and Metis Association are not fully representing the whole western Arctic. The Gwich'in have their own board, the Dogrib have their own board, and the Sahtu region have their own board. Yesterday, when we had this discussion the Dogrib delegation came in, said that they would also like to be included with this committee, and to have their own representation.

Also, the Chipewyan from Fort Smith, Fort Resolution and other communities of Chipewyan speaking people have not said anything to date, so we think that they wanted to be represented under the Dene Nation, and the Chiefs all got together, they were from the Gwich'in nation, and from the Sahtu region. They were interested in finding out what was being discussed, they just came more as observers, just to see what was being discussed in the meeting. As Jim was saying, for the Deh Cho region, there are a lot of communities, the chiefs also want to represent their own people, speak on their behalf, and I am not one to speak for them, but if they all feel that they would like to represent their own people in that, I think that this will work out well, if it is agreed upon.

(Translation) Mahsi Cho, as I had mentioned before, the meeting that we had yesterday, if we have meetings like this and not everyone is not included, I do not feel right about it. I feel that if everybody is equally represented from the Inuit, and the Gwich'in, and from the Sahtu region, and everybody that was in that meeting all felt the same, that the next re-election for the Legislature, when the time comes, that will be discussed. In the next couple of months, the discussion will begin, but for now, what is felt to be important is government transfer of powers, and jobs. It is felt that for this reason funding is very important. What will be the process of this self-government, and of obtaining funding? They felt that this should be discussed right now. This is the more important issue at this time, and as myself being a Minister, I feel that it is not proper for me to be discussing such an important issue, and how much money should be allocated, until formal discussions take place. I feel in that way it is right, but I think that no decision should be made for any communities. If it is worked on in this way, there is a lot that could be benefitted through discussions in this process. How the Gwich'in, the Inuit, and the Chipewyan would all discuss how this process of self-government should happen in the communities, and in the future, how we would all work together, and come up with this whole self-government issue.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. Mr. Speaker, we have heard a great deal of talk and speculation concerning the performance or, perhaps, more aptly put, the non-performance, of the Northwest Territories portion of the Canadian pavilion at Expo '92 in Seville. Last fall we heard that it was going to cost us maybe $1 million. Recent reports have got closer to $4 million dollars. Mr. Speaker, to ensure that we have an accurate picture of our financial position, will the Minister table up to date financial statements for facility at Expo '92?