Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I'm glad we're going to be getting the information later today. I would like to know who is going to be involved, other than...Obviously, you said it's going to be tendered. Who is going to be involved in the review?

Mr. Nerysoo.

Mr. Speaker, normally I ensure that most Members are made aware. Whether or not they participate is a matter of choice. I can advise the honourable Member that the students have already been advised. I advised the students at the University of Alberta, and those students who were not from the University of Alberta but attended the conference in February, were advised that the review would be taking place.

I also advised the Members of this House during session, and I believe I made a statement on the matter during the budget session, or at least the session in March, that the review would take place. I indicated to Members through responses to questions that the proposal call had been issued. Now I'm generally advising the honourable Members -- since we have not sat since April -- of the situation and the terms of reference of that particular group, and will request the input of all Members of the Assembly and are, in fact, asking advice on who should participate in that particular review. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Supplementary. Mr. Koe.

Mahsi. I hope parents are included in your list. My supplementary is, will the students or the recipients of these types of financial assistance programs have real meaningful input in the review and in the process, or are they just going to be asked for their opinions by the contractors? Will they have a chance to have meaningful input and then look at the end product and have some say in the end result?

Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, Mr. Speaker, I am asking for the advice of the honourable Members as to who should be involved. If the honourable Member is suggesting that parents should be involved, then we'll certainly make sure that that is a consideration.

Mr. Speaker, the review has to be addressed in the context of the fiscal resources that we have. If it's simply to add more to the benefits, I think we're not going to start off in a very good position. We have to address the issue first in the context of the resources that we have and secondly, in the context of how we improve the program availability to all students.

The good thing about the post-secondary programming is that, I believe, over the last two or three years we've doubled the amount of post-secondary students in comparison to what we had. We've gone from about 800 to over 2,000 students. Actually, it increased over two and a half times. Recognizing that fact and recognizing that our fiscal resources are not going to be as available, we are asking the students to give us their best advice, including the parents and including all those that are involved in the use of the student financial assistance program, to give us their best advice as to how to use the resources that we have and not take away from our commitment and obligation to aboriginal people. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Koe.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. When is the review expected to be completed by?

Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's our expectation that the review will be done later on this year. In other words, for some of the changes that are being proposed, our intention is trying to ensure that those changes are put into effect not this September but the following September. I made a statement to that nature.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Lewis.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I noted that the government has decided that they should impose greater burden on the very small lumber industry in the Northwest Territories by increasing stumpage fees. This, obviously, is a revenue initiative. At the same time the Housing Corporation has decided that they will use northern lumber.

I would like to ask the Minister of Renewable Resources, since the price of lumber has really gone down according to the Madison's Lumber Reporter, from $375 per thousand a year ago for two by four's, to $217 as of two weeks ago and there's been a steady decline in the price of lumber, why is it that the government has decided to impose this burden on the industry when prices have suddenly gone down to half of what they were a year ago?

The Minister of Renewable Resources, Mr. Arngna'naaq.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll take the question as notice.

Okay. The question is taken as notice. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Patterson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation. Mr. Speaker, I believe that responsibility for staff housing has now or is about to be transferred from the Department of Public Works and Services to the Housing Corporation. Mr. Speaker, I thought this would be a golden opportunity for the Housing Corporation to deliver the management of staff housing at the community level using local housing authorities and associations. I would like to ask the Minister, is that the way this transfer is being accomplished; through using local delivery mechanisms now in place. Thank you.

The Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Morin.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, it's my understanding that local housing authorities and associations will be involved with the management of staff housing at the local level. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Patterson.

Mr. Speaker, my understanding -- and I wrote the Minister about this several weeks ago --- is that rather than providing additional resources to communities to manage this new housing stock, in fact, what's happening in the Baffin region is that person years of the Department of Public Works are being transferred from that department to the Housing Corporation district office in Iqaluit and that communities so far haven't seen any increased resources or increased responsibilities. Is there a different approach being taken in Baffin, Mr. Speaker? Thank you.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm well aware of the letter the Member sent to me -- I believe it was last week -- outlining his concern about PYs being transferred from DPW to the Housing Corporation in Iqaluit and that it should be done at the community level. I fully support what the Member is saying and that's the intention: to make sure that the decisions are made at the community level and that adequate resources are also given to the community. If what you say is happening is true, we'll change it and make sure it is done at the community level. Thank you.

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