Mr. Kakfwi.

Item 5, oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ningark.

Supplementary, Mr. Speaker, thank you. My supplementary question is, will the Minister make every effort to ensure that this position is filled, and a person is hired for the Kitikmeot region? Thank you.

Mr. Kakfwi.

Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Zoe.

Could I ask Members that when they are posing questions during oral questions, that they try not to be argumentative in the preamble to the question. Mr. Minister.

Mr. Speaker, since I received this responsibility, I have had extensive briefing sessions with senior managers in the Department of Health. I want to assure

the honourable Member, that I raised this issue as a concern, and that I want to do something about it.

I have talked with the department about initiating a process which is going to lead to strategic planning in the Department of Health, including the setting of goals and priorities. One of the goals and priorities is going to be to improve the participation of northern residents in the management of the Department of Health.

So I am proceeding in that fashion, Mr. Speaker. I think that what I have to do first is set the priorities of the department, and that issue is going to be one of the priorities. I have taken no other concrete steps, but I do want to assure the Member that it is an area in which I want to make progress, but I do not think -- and I think the Member will agree -- it is not an area in which one can instantly fix the program, there has to be a strategy, and that is what I am working on now.

Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Gargan.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Transportation. Yesterday I directed a question to the Minister with regard to the condition of the road, and in his response he did say that he would be looking into the matter to see if they could improve the section of road that I was referring to, as soon as he consults with his department, or the highway people.

Mr. Speaker, I do not have any plans to go home this weekend, but it would depend on the response that I get from the Minister.

---Laughter

Mr. Whitford.

I hope that helps you make up your mind, Mr. Gargan, if it keeps up like this, it will be better by the week-end.

Item 5, oral questions. Item 6, written questions. Item 7, returns to written questions. Item 8, replies to opening address. Item 9, petitions. Item 10, reports of standing and special committees. Item 11, reports of committees on the review of bills. Mr. Arngna'naaq.

Mr. Speaker, the Standing Committee on Legislation has reviewed Bill 32, and wishes to report that Bill 32 is now ready for committee of the whole.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Arngna'naaq. Pursuant to Rule 66(3), Bill 32 is ordered into committee of the whole. Item 11, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 12, tabling of documents. Item 13, notices of motion. Mr. Kakfwi.

Item 13, notices of motion. Item 14, notices of motions for first reading of bills. Item 15, motions. Item 16, first reading of bills. Item 17, second reading of bills. Item 18, consideration in committee of the whole of bills and other matters; tabled document 9-12(2), Strength at Two Levels, tabled document 10-12(2), Reshaping Northern Government, tabled document 62-12(2), Report on Northwest Territories Operations at Expo '92 as at May 31, 1992, tabled document 70-12(2), "The Justice House", Report of the Special Advisory on General Equality, Motion 6, Discussion on Sobriety Clause in Contribution Agreements, committee report 10-12(2), Special Committee on Constitutional Reform Report on the Multilateral Conferences on the Constitution, committee report 17-12(2), Report on the Review of the 1992-93 Main Estimates, committee report 18-12(2), Multilateral Meetings on the Constitution and First Ministers' -Aboriginal Leaders' Conference on the Constitution, Bill 9, An Act to Amend the Insurance Act, Bill 31, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act, Bill 33, Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1992-93, Minister's statement 82-2(2), Update on National Constitutional Reform Negotiations, Mr. Pudluk in the Chair.

I think we should proceed with the budget, Mr. Chairman. We should proceed with M.A.C.A., Municipal and Community Affairs.

Is the committee agreed?

Agreed.