Mr. Chairman, just a couple of questions ago I had asked the Member if he would be prepared to accept, instead of an hour-long presentation from me on all the work that we've done -- all the travel, the workshops, the funding that we've provided to communities, the visits, and all the transfers that have been completed, the ones that are being negotiated now -- if he would simply take that in the form of a briefing papers and he had agreed. This is where we got into difficulty with the Member yesterday as well. He's also now saying that we haven't done anything and interest is waning. I would suggest to the Member that he should wait before he makes categorical statements like that, because they're simply not true and it makes it difficult to have a good discussion when you make categorical statements like that based on whatever it is that you're basing it on.

For instance, there are more communities than just Fort Good Hope and Cape Dorset that have completed transfer agreements. I can, just for the Member's appreciation, list them and then give him an indication of the amount of work that has been done to date.

In Fort Good Hope, for instance, we've done the one on economic development and we've done one on renewable resources. We've done an aide memoire that sort of leads to a framework agreement; that's going to be resulting in the community looking, for instance, at social services and all the agreements that they could take on under that scope.

In Cape Dorset we've completed social services, economic development and public works and housing.

In Holman we've done public works.

In Aklavik we've done economic development and renewable resources and we have a memorandum of understanding under which we will continue to look at other transfers.

In Tuk we've done economic development and public works.

In Fort Providence we've done economic development plus we have a memorandum of understanding there as well.

In the town of Inuvik, we've done economic development and lotteries which was a significant development last year.

In Fort Norman we've done economic development plus we have a memorandum of understanding.

In Fort McPherson and Tsiigehtchic we have economic development and an MOU that we completed before McPherson indicated that that's as far as they were prepared to go at this time. We're continuing with our discussions with Tsiigehtchic on other elements as they come up.

Coppermine, we've done economic development and a trainer memorandum of understanding.

Cambridge Bay we have social services and economic development.

In Grise Fiord we've done renewable resources and a memorandum of understanding.

In Resolute we've done renewable resources and a memorandum of understanding.

Arctic Bay, we've done renewable resources and a MOU there as well.

There are transfers pending in Holman for the executive service officer; in Pelly Bay for the executive service officer; in Gjoa Haven for the executive service officer; Arviat, for lotteries; Cape Dorset is now looking at government services and an officer position; in Deline we're looking at lotteries; Fort Norman, we're looking at lotteries; Tsiigehtchic, we're looking at social services; Aklavik, we're looking at social services, public works, housing maintenance and the power maintenance. These are all pending final negotiations.

In Inuvik we're talking about social services; Norman Wells, we've just completed transfer of the natural gas system so they are now prepared to continue picking up discussions where they left off some years ago on other interests they have in taking on other transfers.

In terms of contributions, the amount of money we've given out, in 1993-94, we gave out a total of $294,500. In 1994-95 we've given out the same amount, $296,830. In terms of the work done and the amount of money that we're advancing to continue the work, it's looking good and I don't understand the Member suggestion that interest is waning. Thank you.