Mahsi, Madam Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Social Services. I have been following the discussion on the termination of the contract for the group home in Hay River, with interest, during the past few days. But, the more information I get and the more I hear, the more confusing the issue gets.

Yesterday, in the unedited Hansard, my honourable colleague for Yellowknife Centre asked a question and I'll quote, "Does the termination of this contract mean that the guilty party in this work relationship was the contractor and not the department?" The Minister responded, "Being responsible for the Department of Social Services, I certainly will not come to a conclusion. That's why I think we should have a private inquiry done on this, because it could be the contractor or it could be our department. That is something that has to be seen yet."

Madam Speaker, this is very confusing because a decision has already been made. The contract has been cancelled. I would like the Minister to state what the reasons for cancelling the contract were.