Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That $30 million that was announced for the Nunavut infrastructure is not related at all to the Infrastructure Program. That was money provided by DIAND for infrastructure in the Nunavut communities because of April 1, 1999 we will have a new Nunavut Territory. So there is no relation at all. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Oral questions. Mr. Miltenberger.

The Minister of Financial Management Board, Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We did meet earlier last week with the 2 new additional Members, Mr. Henry and Mr. Enuaraq from Clyde River. We tried to bring them quickly up to date on each of the 10 or 12 points that we are working on. There is an aggressive strategy, I think, now in place to try to, as they say in politics, crank up the development and the strategy for moving quickly and efficiently on determining an appropriate course for this government to meet the requirements of Nunavut on April 1, 1999. There will be, it was agreed, additional meetings on a regular basis from now on, and I have not had an opportunity to discuss with my Cabinet colleagues the 2 additional members that the Member requested earlier last month. I am not anticipating a problem there, but it does require some discussion of my colleagues in Cabinet. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think it would be fair to say that we did not have as clear a plan as we should have earlier in the year. I think with the acquisition of Mr. Isaacs looking after the Secretariat, that we have been able to move quickly to formulate a strategy in conjunction with our partners in this process, the federal government and NTI. Clearly there is a requirement for more means rather than less, and I want to assure my honourable colleague that we will meet as and when necessary, and I am

optimistic that the committee members and any additional ones, if that does happen, will co-operate and meet on a regular basis, so we can move forward in making decisions in a timely manner with respect to the division of the Territories as it marches forward, to April 1, 1999. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Todd.

Of course, the intention is to inform, on a regular basis, not only this House, but the constituency at large. I would think the appropriate reporting relationship, and I have not had an opportunity to speak to the chairman of Government Ops, but I would be prepared at this time to commit to meeting on a regular basis with the Government Ops Committee. And of course, I want to remind my honourable colleague, as he well knows, because it was his recommendation, if we do add two more Ordinary Members, we would then be sitting with four Ordinary Members. So between the four Ordinary Members, and perhaps a formal relationship between the Government Ops Committee and ourselves, I think, hopefully that should provide an adequate flow of information, and a connection in the decision-making that is required in the coming months. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Erasmus.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are all quite concerned to ensure that our environment remains pristine, as some people call it, but I guess to remain clean and friendly for our future generations. Of course, we are also concerned that the people that are developing our resources here pay their fair share to ensure that the environment remains in good health, and that it returns to the way it did before mining development occurs, once they are finished. So my question is for the Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife, and Economic Development. I would like to know if we have legislation, regulations, or a policy in place which ensures that all new mines will set aside adequate resources to reclaim the areas they are developing.

The Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife, and Economic Development, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you. The question is taken as notice. Oral questions. Mr. Ootes.

The Minister of Justice, Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is my understanding, no, because of the fact that they are federal inmates. If they are in that institution, they have sentences of two years or more, and that is part of the reason that they are there. Also part of the reason that they are there, is the fact that some of the programming is not available in the Northwest Territories. Any of the federal inmates that we may have in the Territories are held by us, only as a result of an exchange agreement that we have with the federal officials, Mr. Speaker.

Oral questions. Supplementary. Mr. Ootes.