Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have two written questions, also for the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism.

Would the Minister responsible for the Department of Economic Development and Tourism please provide all relevant documents which describe the objectives, mandate, terms of reference and policy guidelines, legislative or otherwise, for the Northwest Territories Development Corporation?

A separate unrelated question, Madam Speaker, is it the policy of the NWT Business Credit Corporation.

Would the Minister responsible for the Department of Economic Development and Tourism please provide the following information to this House:

Is it the policy of the NWT Business Credit Corporation, in representing the corporation's interests, when a business to which a BCC loan has been extended fails, to take the position that where a building owned by the business is on leased land in the NWT, the provisions and remedies of the Mechanics' Liens Act do not apply?

Thank you. Item 6, written questions. Item 7, returns to written questions. Mr. Clerk.

Madam Speaker, Return to Written Question 5-12(5) asked by Mr. Gargan to the Minister of Personnel concerning the status of GNWT leased units.

The GNWT leases 739 staff housing units. There are 76 units which have been vacant for more than two months. Under separate cover, I have provided all Members of the Legislative Assembly with a list of these units, their locations and the names of the owners.

I am not aware of any cases where employees have vacated leased units, specifically due to high rent. Any vacant units we have are a result of vacant positions or where we may have a surplus of units.

Once the present round of sales to employees is completed, we will be doing an inventory assessment in each community. Once the assessment is done I will be sharing the results with individual MLAs. If there are any units that are no longer required for staff housing, the MLA will assist me in coming up with a plan to dispose of them.

Thank you. 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. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I wish to table, Tabled Document 38-12(5), a copy of a letter that was sent to

Ecology North from lawyers of De Beers and a press release from Ecology North. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 12, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Iqaluit, Mr. Patterson.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to table, Tabled Document 39-12(5), a letter dated March 8, 1994 from Robert L. Hanson, chairperson of the Municipal Advisory Committee for the municipality of Iqaluit to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 12, tabling of documents. Item 13, notices of motion. Item 14, notices of motions for first reading of bills. Item 15, motions. Sorry, did you have your hand up for notices of motions for first reading of bills, Mr. Kakfwi? The honourable Member for Sahtu.

Item 15, motions. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you. Your motion is in order. To the motion.

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried.

---Carried

Item 15, motions. Item 16, first reading of bills. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Bill 10 has had first reading.

---Carried

Item 17, second reading of bills. Item 18, consideration in committee of the whole of bills and other matters: Bill 1, Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1994-95; Committee Report 2-12(5), Review of the 1994-95 Main Estimates; Minister's Statement 5-12(5), Session Business; Tabled Document 1-12(5), Towards an NWT Mineral Strategy; Tabled Document 2-12(5), Building and Learning Strategy; and, Tabled Document 11-12(5), First Annual Report of the Languages Commissioner of the NWT for the Year 1992-93, with Mr. Whitford in the chair.

Mr. Chairman, we would like to deal with Tabled Document 11-12(5).

Agreed.

---Agreed