Thank you, Madam Speaker. I did say I did not have the opportunity to ask these questions during the leadership review, so I'm taking this opportunity. My question is to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. In the tripartite administrative agreement for the Hay River Reserve, is the Hay River Reserve intended to be a model for all Indian Affairs lands and future lands set aside through treaties? Thank you.

Thank you. The honourable Member for Keewatin Central, Mr. Todd, Minister of MACA.

I'm not knowledgeable of that situation right now, Madam Speaker, so I'll take that question as notice.

Thank you. The question has been taken as notice. The honourable Member for Iqaluit, Mr. Patterson.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. This is a question to the Minister of Personnel. Earlier today, she undertook to provide information on the criteria and the process for allocating staff housing for employees in the Northwest Territories, for which I'm grateful. My question to the Minister is this: for HAY plan and senior management staff, is there a different and special set of criteria for those excluded employees than for other employees? Thank you.

Thank you. The honourable Member for Baffin Central, Minister of Personnel, Ms. Mike.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. No.

Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. The honourable Member for Amittuq, Mr. Allooloo.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to turn my questions to the Minister of Renewable Resources.

Nay, nay.

As the Member knows, the caribou population is quite high all over, in the western Arctic and in the Baffin area. There is still a problem in the smaller communities. The quotas are still small. In the community that I represent, the quota is about 50. The problem is the assessing of the caribou.

Let me say, Madam Speaker, before you land in Pond Inlet, right now, you have to scare the caribou away and then the plane is able to land, there are so many of them.

Would the Minister undertake a review of commercial quotas, with a view to help communities get economic development going and also to address the need to serve country food in hotels and other places. Thank you.

Thank you. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Kakfwi, Minister for Renewable Resources.

Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, once again, Madam Speaker. My question is for the Housing Minister. When the need for social housing is so pressing and the cost of government delivery is too high, why does the ministry cut the quantity of units provided instead of reducing its own administrative costs or better still, consider direct delivery of housing by community housing corporations? Thank you.

Thank you. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Morin, Minister responsible for Housing.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. We have cut administration costs over the past two years. As far as the communities delivering the units themselves, I'd be willing to look at that, thank you.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. In the communities delivering housing themselves, is the Minister intending it to be in the form of block funding arrangements by community? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of Housing, Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have no idea at all of how we would accomplish that. It's a good issue to raise and I'll take that issue to the Advisory Committee on Housing and talk about it. Mahsi cho. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. Honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Lewis.

Thanks very much, Madam Speaker. I would like to address my question to the Minister responsible for housing. Since the original reason for setting up the Housing Corporation is to receive funds from another government or other sources and that structure is no longer needed, why do we continue to have a Housing Corporation instead of just a straight government department for housing?

Thank you, the honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Morin, Minister responsible for Housing.