Point of order, Mr. Morin.

Point Of Order

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With all due respect, the Member did ask two questions of myself. The number of PYs, I said I could table because that's information that goes to SCOF. She also asked how many women were employed in the Housing Corporation and I said I would table in this House the number of women, the number of aboriginals, the number of men and the positions they hold, and it would take time to accumulate that. So I believe that by asking the Minister of Personnel and by saying it was just PYs she was requesting isn't right. Thank you.

So, Mr. Morin, what's your point of order?

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member said that I said no to tabling the number of PYs in this House and I did not do that. Thank you.

Mr. Morin, you don't have a point of order. It's standard procedure to clarify your answers to the Members. So we will just carry on. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

The Chairman of the Financial Management Board, Mr. Pollard.

Mr. Speaker, I believe that Mr. Morin has committed to provide the person years to the House. Thank you.

Item 6, oral questions. Supplementary, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know Mr. Morin has committed to provide the number of person years to the House, but in my last supplementary, I asked if he would be able to provide the number of person years and the number of women in directors' positions before the sessional break, and Mr. Morin's response was no. So therefore, I want this information before we get into the Housing Corporation budget. I would like to ask the Minister of Personnel if he can provide the number of person years and the women in director-level positions for the Housing Corporation prior to the sessional break. Thank you.

Mr. Pollard.

Mr. Speaker, I understood Mr. Morin to say that he couldn't guarantee that he would get it in to the House prior to the break. I think that's because Mr. Morin realizes that, in order to gather that data, he may not be able to make that deadline. What I'll commit to, Mr. Speaker, because it falls under the Financial Management Board Secretariat, is that I'll work with Mr. Morin on that particular data and see if we can collectively put it together and bring it to the House before the break. I should say, Mr. Speaker, that we may not be able to make that deadline -- and I think that's what Mr. Morin was saying -- because of the complexity of it. But, we will certainly work together to try and do that, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Supplementary, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't know what the complexity is. I mean, the Housing Corporation must know how many PYs they have in director-level positions filled by women. Can the Minister of the Financial Management Board Secretariat indicate that he can provide the number of directors in the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation? Thank you.

Mr. Pollard.

Yes, Mr. Speaker, I can provide that information on the number of directors in the Housing Corporation.

Item 6, oral questions. Final supplementary, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, when he provides the number of director positions with the Housing Corporation, would he provide how many are filled by women? Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Pollard.

Mr. Speaker, I will work with Mr. Morin to provide that information. Thank you.

Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Pudluk.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Renewable Resources, Mr. Arngna'naaq. When he was in Resolute Bay, the members of the community were talking to him about polar bear management. Polar bear biologists are usually situated here in Yellowknife, where there are no polar bears to manage. I am just wondering if he could relocate a biologist to an area where there are polar bears. Perhaps it would be better if a biologist would be situated in a community where he can work closely with the community about polar bear management. Thank you.

Mr. Arngna'naaq.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this time, the Department of Renewable Resources is in the process of a review of which divisions within Renewable Resources would be better situated in the Nunavut region, and we are reviewing the possibility we might be able to relocate a biologist. I can indicate that we know there are no polar bears in the Yellowknife area, and it doesn't make sense that all these biologists are located in this region. I can advise the Member, perhaps in the near future, as to what we are going to do with this situation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.