Good afternoon. Before I proceed with the orders of the day I have message from the Commissioner. It reads, "Mr. Speaker, I wish to advise that I recommend to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories the passage of Bill 23, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 1992-93, during the Third Session of the 12th Legislative Assembly.

Item 2, Ministers' statements. Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Kakfwi. Item 2, Ministers' statements. Item 3, Members statements. Mr. Gargan.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On behalf of everyone in Fort Providence I would like to thank the peewee hockey team for a job well done in a tournament held in Yellowknife last weekend.

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We could not be more proud of each of these young people. Team members are Neil Bonnetrouge, Scott Bonnetrouge, Ben Bonnetrouge, Elaina Krutcho, Michael Krutcho, Carl Squirrel, Sammy Baptiste-Gargan, William Landry, Ryan Larson, Augustine Minoza, Joseph Canadien, and Brandon Matto.

Mr. Speaker, I may be somewhat bias but I firmly believe that this team should be elected to the peewee hall of fame for their display of the three Es, energy, endurance and effort. I should point out, Mr. Speaker, that during the weekend I had an opportunity to be Mr. Mom. Two of the peewee players, one of whom was my son, were billeted with me in my Yellowknife residence for the weekend. It was to say, the very least, a hectic weekend. The players arrived late Friday evening, and Saturday began with a game at 12:30 pm. After the games the team went swimming. They would like to thank mayor Pat McMahon for providing us with the free swimming pool tickets.

The team then left the pool and went directly to the ice for a game at 4:30 pm.

Mr. Speaker, our team started off strong and took commanding leads in both games. Sadly, they eventually fell behind in goals to their much larger opponents. However, as I have said earlier, they continued to play with energy, endurance and effort. Following the last game on Saturday we took the team to McDonalds and later to see a movie, Aladdin. After the movie I took my billets to the video store to rent a couple of cartoons. However, Mr. Speaker, they were exhausted and were sound asleep before the first movie was over.

All in all it was an enjoyable day for these young people. I want to thank their coaches, Murray David and Rudolph Landry for their efforts and the Snowshoe Inn for providing our team with professional looking blue and white uniforms. Mr. Speaker, this is probably the first time our community has sent its youngest team to a territorial event. Perhaps some parents were concerned about the trip but I would just like to assure...

Mr. Gargan, your allotted time has expired.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.

The Member is seeking unanimous consent. Are there any nays? There are no nays. Please proceed, Mr. Gargan.

Mr. Speaker, this is probably the first time that our community has sent its youngest team to a territorial event. Perhaps some parents were concerned regarding the trip, however, I would like to assure parents that the coaches and the support staff acted very responsibly and knew the whereabouts of each player at all times. Mahsi Cho, Mr. Speaker.

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Item 3, Members' statements. Ms. Cournoyea.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to take the opportunity to thank the Legislative Assembly for having some of my young constituents down here with the privilege of being pages this week, Fred Kataoyak, Barry Elias, Sandra Oloaryok, and Lucy Akoakhion. They are here for the rest of the week. I appreciate the opportunity.

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Thank you, Ms. Cournoyea. Item 3, Members' statements. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Over the weekend the Wood Buffalo Frolics were held in my constituency. I would like to take the time to commend, particularly Eugene Bourque, the town recreation director for coordinating such a successful event. Mr. Speaker, there were many different events held for both children and adults. It was very interesting to see the participation in the kiddies northern events and not only the adult northern events. There were very good events held over all. Unfortunately, I missed some of them due to previous commitments. However, I was able to observe many of them on Saturday and Sunday. I would like to commend not only the recreational director, but all the people who have placed forth their time and effort through volunteer services to make such a successful Wood Buffalo Frolics for the community of Fort Smith. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mrs. Marie-Jewell. Item 3, Members' statements. Item 4, returns to oral questions. Ms. Cournoyea.

Mr. Speaker, I have a return to an oral question, asked by Mr. Lewis on March 11, regarding the report of the industrial disputes inquiry at Royal Oak.

According to the most recent information received by the Government of the Northwest Territories, the federal Minister of Labour has not received a report by the industrial disputes inquiry looking into the Giant Mine labour dispute since an interim report was issued by the commissioners to the federal Minister on February 4, 1993, and released to the Government of the Northwest Territories February 5, 1993. Thank you.

Item 4, returns to oral questions. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Pudluk.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister responsible for environment a question. The people in the high Arctic still have a concern with regard to PanArctic dumping metal garbage into the ocean. That is a great concern of my constituents at this time. I wonder if the Minister can tell me today if the federal government has any response to your department with regard to dumping metal garbage into the ocean. Thank you.

Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since last Friday when the House was sitting, I said I had a call into Minister Collins to see if she could find alternatives rather than dumping the scrap metal into the ocean. I spoke to her that night and my staff have been pursuing this issue with different departments, mostly Environment Canada. My executive assistant has been speaking to Ms. Collins' staff. As of 1:15 pm today, it was confirmed that the permit date will be

postponed from March 19 to April 15. This will allow the communities to have more input in the disposal of the scrap metal. The federal Environment, I was told, still has an opportunity to establish a board of review. I was told for the meeting of March 15 the officials of the federal department are still working on details of how they will conduct the review with the communities. Thank you.

Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Dent.

Madam Premier.

Mr. Speaker, we have been working with the departments so they can provide information on privatization in the areas they are responsible for. The papers have come back to Cabinet on a number of occasions. Because it was felt they were not complete, the departments continue to provide details on particular areas of concern which we have. The work is not complete, but it is not for lack of effort. We are hoping to get the information in such a way that it will be the best possible information. It is not that we are not trying, but it has not come back after being returned to the departments a number of times. Thank you.

Supplementary, Mr. Dent.