The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Madam Premier, would you like to respond for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs?

Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would have to take that question as notice.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Item 6, oral questions. Are there any further oral questions? Item 7, written questions. Mr. Patterson.

Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have two written questions. The first one is to the Minister of Health and Social Services.

Would the Minister for the Department of Health and Social Services please advise the House of the following:

What is the status of the proposal call to provide orthodontic services in the Baffin region?

Will it be possible to utilize the facilities of the existing private dental clinic in Iqaluit rather than going to the expense of constructing or renovating duplicate facilities to examine orthodontic patients in the regional hospital?

Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

If I may, Mr. Speaker, another separate question is to the Minister of Public Works and Services.

Would the Minister responsible for the Department of Public Works and Services confirm that: Occasionally, when certain services or materials are not available in the private sector, contractors must purchase materials or supplies, services, or rent equipment from municipalities in the Northwest Territories.

Why do these purchases and rentals from northern municipal corporations not qualify as northern purchases under the business incentive policy?

Since our municipalities employ local people and obviously contribute to the local economy, will the Minister work with his colleague, the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, whether there is an appropriate method allowing such purchases to become qualified under the business incentive policy.

Thank you.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Item 7, written questions. Item 8, returns to written questions. Item 9, replies to opening address. Item 10, petitions. Item 11, reports of standing and special committees. Item 12, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 13, tabling of documents. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table Tabled Document 115-12(7), the request for proposals which the Government of the Northwest Territories issued in requesting proposals for the provision and operation of heavy land-based air tanker operations and maintenance of CL-215 air tanker aircrafts and associated Bird Dog aircraft services in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Item 13, tabling of documents. Mr. Patterson.

Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table Tabled Document 116-12(7), an article from yesterday's Globe and Mail entitled, "Rock Ignoring Gun Control Figures, Critics Say, difficult to Find Relation Between Firearms Control and Homicide Rates, Studies Show." Thank you.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Item 13, tabling of documents. Mr. Clerk.

Clerk Of The House Mr. David Hamilton

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Rule 42(10), I wish to table Tabled Document 117-12(7), a response to Petition No. 6-12(7) tabled by Mr. Dent and responded to by the Minister of Justice concerning the support for the Yellowknife victims' services program.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Item 13, tabling of documents. Mr. Pudluk.

Ludy Pudluk High Arctic

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Tabled Document 118-12(7) is a letter written by the hamlet of Grise Fiord to HGS Incorporated in Calgary concerning that company's closing and the Noice Peninsula. The hamlet is asking for some agreement to transfer equipment to Grise Fiord, signed by the hamlet mayor. Thank you.