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

Madam Speaker, the Member is quite correct in referring to our report. Madam Speaker, the issue of AIDS is a very serious issue. The attempts to communicate the seriousness of the issue have been very difficult. However, we have done a number of things to try to bring that awareness to every individual in the Northwest Territories. Madam Speaker, the issue of AIDS is a very, very serious issue in the short term and the long term, but, Madam Speaker, the issue has not been determined, as the Member is indicating, as serious an issue as the Member has titled it to be.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Lewis.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The report concludes on page 56 and 57 that, despite the four-year long AIDS project in the Northwest Territories, there was no significant sexual behaviour change among the people of the Northwest Territories. Would the Minster confirm, then, that prevalent sexual practices in the Northwest Territories continue to put much of the population at risk?

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

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Lewis.

Madam Speaker, the tabled document only provides a summary of the findings of the independent researcher contracted to review the AIDS project. I would like to ask the Minister if she is prepared to provide the House with the work of the independent researchers, since the Department of Health has provided only a sketchy summary of the actual study in its findings? On March 30th, I asked Ms. Mike for this information. On April 2nd, I was told that the work of the consultant was incorporated in the study, itself. I told her I had time to read it over the weekend of April 3rd and 4th and she agreed to provide it to me. Since this was a commitment made in this Assembly to Members, could I receive the report made by the independent researcher?

Thank you. May I remind honourable Members to keep their preambles as short as possible. Minister of Health and Social Services, Madam Premier.

Madam Speaker, the consultant's report prepared by Tompkins, which the Member is referring to, has been incorporated into the document which was tabled. What has been taken out of that report are the confidential comments that were in the initial report. Madam Speaker, because of its confidential, sensitive nature and the implications to individuals who provided sometimes very personal observations, the initial report will not be available. However, I can assure the Member that the findings were incorporated in the final report. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Lewis.

Since I want to be absolutely clear, then, Madam Speaker, since the response to my question to the then Minister of Health about whether I could have the consultant's report was yes, she could provide the report to me, is the Minister saying that a commitment made by a Minister to this House cannot be honoured?

Minister of Health and Social Services, Madam Premier.

Madam Speaker, I'm not aware of which report the former Minister was offering. I assumed the report was the report that was tabled, Madam Speaker.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Baffin South, Mr. Pudlat.