Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this question is for the Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, the Honourable John Todd. My concern is the ultimate removal assistance guidelines that I tried to ask about earlier.

These questions are in regard to the changes to the Collective Agreement between the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Union of Northern Workers and how this agreement deals with ultimate removal of employees. Earlier this year, there were changes to the Collective Agreement between this government and the Union of Northern Workers. The ultimate removal provisions were changed so employees now pay for the move themselves and then are reimbursed according to the guidelines. I understand that the Minister's staff are currently interpreting the ultimate removal guidelines as saying employees are reimbursed for the lesser of the amount set for the community or the actual cost of their actual move. However, asking people to pay for removal upfront should encourage them to find the most economical way to move and to be thoughtful about what they take with them. This interpretation provides no incentive, Mr. Speaker, for the parting employees to be economical in their departure arrangements. My questions to the Minister are:

1. Can the Minister of Finance confirm that the ultimate removal provisions of the Collective Agreement between this government and the Union of Northern Workers were changed so employees now pay for the move themselves and then are reimbursed?

2. Can the Minister indicate whether this will cost this government more money?

3. Can the Minister confirm that his staff's interpretation of the ultimate removal guidelines is what the government intended when it negotiated this provision?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.