Item 5, oral questions, supplementary, Mrs. Jewell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Minister also indicate to this House whether or not the Saskatchewan Report terms of reference were indeed violated? Thank you.

Mr. Patterson.

Well, Mr. Speaker, certainly it is clear that when the terms of reference call for four or five doctors, and there only ended up being two, the terms of reference were altered. I would not use the word violated, Mr. Speaker, because that implies that they were altered improperly. I think the information the Member is seeking is how the terms of reference were adjusted. If they were adjusted by an officer authorized by the Fort Smith Health Centre Board of Directors, then it would have been quite proper that the final details of the inquiry were amended. That is the issue, Mr. Speaker, so I would say to the honourable Member the terms of reference were adjusted, but whether that was proper or improper is a technical and legal question on which I expect to provide the proper answer as promptly as possible. Thank you.

Could we please ask Members to be cautious. If a Minister has taken a question as notice, then it is not the normal practice of the House to pursue that question. I think the original question asked by the Member, as to when, was legitimate, but to get into more details of that, I think it is something that is not normally acceptable in this House.

Oral questions. Mr. Lewis.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Education. We have learned that the government has written off $125,000 in loans, and these write offs, we have been told, have been made because the money is not collectable. Could the Minister indicate to me whether he is prepared to give us the names of those people whose loans have been written off?

Mr. Pollard.

Mr. Speaker, all departments of the government, when they have monies owed to them, and they cannot collect them, eventually turn them over to the Department of Finance for collection. This question was raised last week, Mr. Speaker, as you know, and we are presently investigating through the Comptroller General's office what the procedure is with regards to student loans that are not collectable in the estimation of the Department of Finance. We will be reporting to the House on that matter this week, Mr. Speaker.

Oral questions, Mr. Lewis.

Supplementary, then, to that same question, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister of Education please tell me whether any of those loans were written off, not because they were uncollectible, but because they individual borrower had asked that money be written off, for whatever reason?

Mr. Lewis, that is a new question to a different Minister. Mr. Lewis, that is a new question. Mr. Pollard. Point of order, Mr. Lewis.

Point of Order

Yes, Mr. Speaker. I did ask my initial question to the Minister of Education, and the Minister of Finance responded to the question I asked that Minister, so that is why I returned to my supplementary to the same Minister, to which I had addressed my original question.

Now, that is fine, Mr. Lewis. Your point of order is valid. Mr. Arvaluk.

I do not know, Mr. Speaker. I could check that out, and report back to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you. 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. Item 12, tabling of documents, Mr. Lewis.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table, Tabled Document 100-12(2), a proposed Private Member's Public Bill, which proposed to amend the Liquor Act to allow for the establishment of breweries in the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Lewis, tabling of documents. Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table the following document, Tabled Document 101-12(2). Speaking notes from the address delivered by the Minister of Health to the 1990 new annual meeting of the N.W.T. Health Care Association on September 21, 1992.

Tabling of documents, Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table the following document, Tabled Document 102-12(2), a News/North article September 7, 1992, titled, "Cournoyea Backs A.I.D.S. Disclosure".

Tabling of documents, Ms. Cournoyea.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document, Tabled Document 103-12(2). Northwest Territories Power Corporation Annual Report 1991-92

Tabling of documents. Item 13, notices of motion. Mr. Lewis.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, October 1, 1992, I will move the following motion. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife Frame Lake, that tabled document 100-12(2) a proposed Private Member's Public Bill to amend the Liquor Act referred to the Standing Committee on Legislation for Review.