Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister of the Department of Public Works a question. Last year, I told him that a contractor in my community put through a false claim. I also let the Premier know, and there was an RCMP investigation. Has that RCMP investigation been concluded now? It has been over a year. Thank you.

Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Morin.

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

Thank you. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Frame Lake, Mr. Dent.

Thank you. Minister of Health and Social Services, Madam Premier.

Madam Speaker, yes. Thank you.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Thank you. Madam Premier.

Madam Speaker, that is part of the agreement, that space will be available. I don't know, we may have an emergency circumstance, I can't say that I can guarantee it 100 per cent because we never know what may happen. But, according to the agreement, we are supposed to be on the priority list at all times to have access to emergency care when we require it. Thank you.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Thank you. Minister of Health, Madam Premier.

Madam Speaker, as the Member quite rightly brings to our attention, there are continual announcements from the province of Alberta about cutbacks. We have been assured that the Royal Alec will live up to the agreement. We are checking on the latest cutbacks to see,

once again, whether that is going to affect us or not. Once we've made an assessment, I would be pleased to provide that information to the Assembly. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Baffin South, Mr. Pudlat.

(Translation) Madam Speaker, I have a question for the Minister of Renewable Resources. During the spring and summer, people cannot harvest polar bears. When hunters leave their equipment out on the land, they have noticed a lot of polar bears destroying the equipment. Is there anything we can do to rectify this? Also, Madam Speaker, hunters cannot receive any compensation for the destroyed equipment. Has the Minister done anything about polar bears destroying hunters' equipment?

The Minister of Renewable Resources is not available. Madam Premier.

Madam Speaker, the Minister just stepped out for a moment to take a telephone call, so I will take that question as notice on his behalf.

Thank you. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Kitikmeot, Mr. Ng.

Thank you. Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Good question. The honourable Member is correct, I did undertake to determine whether or not there was a policy with respect to the utilization of renewable resources by government agencies and others. Much to my surprise, the utilization of renewable resources was somewhat limited. I believe I did provide the honourable Member with a list of each department and what they have expended. I undertook to write to my colleagues who were directly responsible for education, corrections, et cetera, to try to encourage them to encourage their departments to purchase more.

We are in the throes right now of developing a policy with respect to greater utilization of renewable resources and I'm optimistic that we will be able to accomplish that in the coming months. Thank you.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Ng.