Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have two returns to oral questions. The first question was asked by Mr. Whitford on February 22, 1994, regarding the cancellation of a request for proposals for counselling services.
The request for proposals for counselling services for Hay River and Fort Smith was advertised prematurely.
Discussions with a view to cost-sharing the service were still ongoing between the Department of Social Services and the South Slave Divisional Board of Education when the advertisement was sent out to media. The oversight was noticed and an effort was made to pull the advertisement. However, instead of pulling it out altogether, News/North placed a cancelled stamp across the advertisement.
The call for proposals for this important and much-needed service will be placed in the newspapers again in mid-March 1994 once all the details respecting cost-sharing are finalized.