Mr. Chairman, it is just says emergency operation centre. The only thing I can make reference to with regard to that, is a hospital. That is the only thing I could relate it to. That is why I asked the question that I did.

Most of the Members asked the department about things that they require in their communities. I also realize that we don't have the kind of money that is required. So you have to lead up to your requests and that is what I have been doing. The department has used up quite a bit of money during the last several years to provide vehicles for the community of Kakisa. I appreciate that. The community has also had their own money that they have used to buy their own vehicles also. You are now running into a situation in which a two-bay garage isn't enough to keep the equipment in storage. I just wanted to let you know that the community still requires that in order to save our equipment.

Also, there is a section in here with regard to access and repaving programs, but we don't have anything for the smaller communities. There is Fort Smith, Hay River and Fort Simpson. Those are the key communities that are identified to get a lot of sections upgraded and access roads. I would also like to say that I don't know where the Hay River Reserve falls under that category. As Mr. Ballantyne said, Ndilo is another area in which the community falls through the cracks or is in a grey area, so we don't really know who should be addressing their situation.

Because the reserve has its own boundaries, it probably uses the boundaries as municipal boundaries also. They require improvements to their access roads. Mr. Arngna'naaq and myself went to the reserve today and drove through the reserve, but the roads aren't wide enough. It is obvious that after a snowfall, there seems to be a lot of tracks leading into the ditches. You have a situation where, even though they do grade their roads, you don't know where the shoulders are. I can see where these people are going into the ditch because the roads aren't being taken care of.

With regard to gravel, the same situation applies. Did your department ever resolve that issue? I know we changed the municipal and hamlet acts, regarding gravel material. It was a legal issue. Did the department have to spend extra money in order to address that issue or did you just have to change the act itself?