Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not think the band can give a band council resolution for Crown land. It is my understanding that band land is land reserved for Indian use, and designated as such.

Supplementary, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Mr. Speaker, all band lands are Crown lands. Can the Minister indicate whether a band council resolution would be a form of a security document in order for band members to access the new home ownership program? Thank you.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In order to obtain an access program unit from the NWT Housing Corporation, if you were to build on band lands, you need a motion, a band council resolution to do that. Thank you.

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

Mr. Speaker, for my final supplementary, the same question which I have asked three times in a different format. Is the Minister stating that the security document allowing a band member to get access to a home ownership program is by band council resolution designating a particular parcel of land as sufficient for the Housing Corporation? Thank you.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It would depend on who the land was designated for.

Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Whitford.

Mr. Todd.

Mr. Speaker, the learn to burn program was a pilot project. It has not been cancelled. It has come to an end. We are evaluating that project to see the impact of it and the value of it. When we have done that we may give some consideration to introducing it, Mr. Speaker.

Supplementary, Mr. Whitford.

Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I have said on many occasions it is the politics of inclusion, therefore when we evaluate the learn to burn program, it would only be

appropriate that we would discuss and seek input from the association of fire fighters.

Item 5, oral questions. Item 6, written questions. Item 7, returns to written questions. Mr. Clerk.

Mr. Speaker, return to written question 26-12(3) asked by Mr. Whitford to the Minister of Transportation concerning local hiring in the construction of a winter road to Lac La Martre.

The Honourable Member from Yellowknife North asked how many of the 16 people from Lac La Martre, who participated in the Department of Transportation's heavy equipment operator training program for the 1992 Lac La Martre airport project, had found employment with the Nishi Khon/PCL joint venture this winter on the Lac La Martre-Rae Lakes winter road.

The construction and maintenance phases of a winter road program have different employment requirements. The Nishi Khon/PCL joint venture involved 12 positions in the construction phase of the Lac La Martre-Rae Lakes winter road:

-four supervisory positions (three filled from outside the Northwest Territories and one by a northerner);

-six equipment operators from the Dogrib communities - two each hired from Fort Rae, Lac La Martre and Rae Lakes; and,

-two subcontractor positions filled by a Hay River company.

Nishi Khon/PCL hired two of those who received training on the Lac La Martre airport project to work on the winter road. One was discharged after a week and one is still employed on the project.

Following construction, the maintenance of the road is done on an "as and when" required basis. The employment requirement is less. Nishi Khon/PCL has two supervisory staff on the road and four employees working on a stand-by basis; two from Fort Rae, one from Lac La Martre (the same person hired during the construction phase) and one from Rae Lakes.

As an aside to the question asked by the Member, Robinson Trucking Ltd. of Yellowknife, the company that conducted the training during the Lac La Martre airport project, subsequently hired two of the operators and, as of this writing, one of the two continues to work for the company.

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. Pollard.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table Tabled Document 109-12(3), Northwest Territories Business Credit Corporation 1992 Annual Report.

As well, I would like to table Tabled Document 110-12(3), the Economic Development and Tourism Business - Development Fund Annual Report, April 1, 1991 to March 31, 1992. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Item 12, tabling of documents. Mr. Allooloo.