Mr. Allooloo.

Mr. Speaker, my department, and Indian and Northern Affairs are trying to determine what caused the spill. I am not sure whether it was overflow or whether there was something faulty. At this point, I do not know.

Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Lewis.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The 11th Assembly was dominated by our concern for the economy and our concern for the environment. Many Members will recall the pulp mills, the contamination of mothers' milk and so on. There was a long list of things which we were concerned about. I asked the Government Leader a question on June 17, which she took as notice, and it referred to the round table on the environment and the economy. My question was, is the government still committed, in light of the continuing concern about the environment, to having a round table on the economy of the environment?

Madam Premier.

Mr. Speaker, the concern for the environment is upmost in all Members' minds and the Northwest Territories is an area of Canada where, perhaps, we have more responsibility to make sure that much of what has happened in southern Canada, does not happen in northern Canada. Mr. Speaker, we are not funding a round table on the environment, but we are committed as a whole to environmental issues. We are looking at a way to gather people together from time to time in an advisory capacity. However, Mr. Speaker, as the Member knows, in the land claims issues many of the areas of environment are covered, and how we organize ourselves in bringing other people together, other than our own daily responsibility to track and be involved with environmental issues, have to be respected because it is an element which is very much a priority in the land claims issues. Mr. Speaker, because times are changing and various land claims settlements have an environmental section within the claim, we are looking at trying to find a way of integrating the territorial-wide concerns with the integrity of the aboriginal claims. At this point in time, we have not allocated funding for a round table. Thank you.

Supplementary, Mr. Lewis.

A large number of the people I represent, Mr. Speaker, are not beneficiaries of any land claim and have a tremendous interest in the environment. In fact, we passed a bill in the last Assembly making environment a public trust, it was everyone's business. My question to the Minister is, has she officially disbanded the round table on the environment and the economy? Have the people which were appointed to that been told that it no longer exists?

Ms. Cournoyea. That was two questions, Mr. Lewis. Ms. Cournoyea, the first question.

Mr. Speaker, as a round table on the environment as it was set up has been disbanded. Thank you.

Item 5, oral questions. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Justice. Mr. Speaker, I am sure the Minister is aware there are three categories or three levels of facilities for housing young offenders: maximum secure facilities, secure facilities and open custody placements. I would like to ask the Minister, will he confirm, as the Minister responsible for the corrections division, that he is now planning to change the Hay River secure facility in Hay River so it can now house young offenders sentenced to maximum secure facilities? Thank you.

Mr. Kakfwi.

The question has been taken as notice. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Koe.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Health. Mr. Speaker, the people in my constituency are concerned about the state of the hospital facilities there. The building and equipment are fairly aged. I asked the Minister on February 23 what her department was doing to start planning for a new health facility in the Inuvik region and

at that time the Minister took the question as notice. Mr. Speaker, health issues and sick people cannot wait for government to act and make decisions. Can the Minister indicate as to whether and when the planning will start for a new health facility in the Inuvik region?

Minister of Health, Ms. Mike.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, I will take the question as notice.

The question has been taken as notice. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Arvaluk.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Social Services. On March 8, 1993, I asked the Minister a question about the wood subsidy program, particularly as it applies to people who live in substandard housing in the eastern Arctic. Specifically, I wanted to know why naphtha gas and kerosine were not included when these are used as sources of fuel in the eastern Arctic. Can the Minister indicate whether she has an answer to my question?

Ms. Mike.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe I had written a letter to the Member about a week and a half ago.

Supplementary, Mr. Arvaluk.