Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Which department has the responsibility of addressing the needs of the residents of those unincorporated communities? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Ms. Mike.

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

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Item 7, written questions. The honourable Member for Aivilik, Mr. Arvaluk.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have a written question to the Premier.

There is a strong serious conservation issue on Southampton Island. The Department of Renewable Resources has advised the local hunters that if there is not a major culling of the caribou herd, the herd will die off from lack of food. Local hunters are prepared to reduce the herd.

Would the Premier please advise this House if the herd will not be reduced enough to deal with the conservation issue in the spring of 1995, will the government commit to bringing the abattoir back to the island early in the fall of 1995 to allow for the proper reduction of the caribou herd?

Thank you. Item 7, written questions. Item 8, petitions. The honourable Member for Kitikmeot, Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have Petition No. 1-12(7), signed by 130 residents of Cambridge Bay raising a concern about the lack of public consultation surrounding the building of a road by Fred H. Ross and Associates outside of the community. They are requesting that the territorial government investigate the specific incident to ensure that projects that impact on the environment in the future should have full public consultation, which includes advertising public meetings and full participation in the local Inuit association, the HTA, regardless if the land is Inuit owned, Crown land or a Department of National Defence reserve. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 8, petitions. Item 9, reports of standing and special committees. Item 10, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I wish to table Tabled Document 1-12(7), a legislative discussion paper on the draft of the new Education Act.

I wish to table Tabled Document 2-12(7), a legislative action paper entitled "Rewriting Liquor Laws in the Northwest Territories," an expanded version of the statement I gave today on the liquor law review; dry, but very important.

Thank you. Item 10, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Baffin Central, Ms. Mike.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I wish to table Tabled Document 3-12(7), a newspaper clipping of Mr. Pudluk, Member for High Arctic, entitled, "Government to Study Eastern Arctic Fishing Industry."

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Item 10, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I wish to table Tabled Document 4-12(7), the new rent scale for social housing, November 1994.

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Thank you. Item 10, tabling of documents. Madam Premier.

Madam Speaker, I wish to table Tabled Document 5-12(7), the organizational chart of the Department of Health and Social Services. Thank you.

Item 10, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for High Arctic, Mr. Pudluk.

Madam Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to go back to item 7, written questions.

The honourable Member is seeking unanimous consent to return to written questions. Are there any nays? Proceed, Mr. Pudluk.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and colleagues.

In 1984, the Government of the Northwest Territories planned to make a permanent road from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk. This was not followed up, instead they have a winter road form Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk every year. The distance is only 75 to 80 miles and I am sure it is further through the ice road.

1. My question to the Minister responsible for the Department of Transportation is how much does it cost to operate the ice road from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk per year.

2. Is the government still planning to build a permanent land-based road from Tuktoyaktuk to Inuvik?

Mahsi cho.

Thank you. Item 7, written questions. Item 10, tabling of documents.

Pursuant to section 23 of the Official Languages Act, I wish to table Tabled Document 6-12(7), the Second Annual Report of the Languages Commissioner of the Northwest Territories for the period April 1, 1993 to March 31, 1994.

Item 11, notices of motion. The honourable Member for Kitikmeot, Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I give notice that on Wednesday, November 16th, I will move the following motion.

I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik, that the governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories consider an allocation of $50,000 total to the communities of Umingmaktok and Bathurst Inlet under the Canada/NWT infrastructure agreement. Thank you.