Yes, Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask another question regarding the Minister willing to set up a meeting with community of Rae Lakes in order to fully directly take part regarding this important project that they are concerned about.

Thank you, the Honourable Minister for Municipal and Community Affairs, Ms. Thompson.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Yes, we will be talking with the community, but it might have to go through the committees in order to be approved. The community might be one of the communities that the committees are concerned about with their finances, I do not know but I will direct my department to talk with the community right away, thank you.

Thank you, oral questions. Member for High Arctic, Mr. Barnabas.

Thank you. Mrs. Thompson.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. I think I understand what you are talking about. I am directing my staff to treat this as an emergency, and right now we are looking into it and I will let you know as soon as possible, as soon as I can. We talked about this earlier on this afternoon, and this is already being treated as an emergency by the staff. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Member for Amittuq, Mr. Evaloarjuk.

(Translation) Thank you Mr. Speaker. I am directing this to the Minister of Finance. Mr. Speaker, last night there was a phone-in show on television in Iqaluit, and they said that the government will no longer be providing staff housing and the comments were that the government was no longer involved in housing issues. The students are going to be short of housing. Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister of Finance.

At a time when the government is selling houses, first to the employees, and then the other housing changes affect students of Arctic College who will need to complete their education in order to take employment within the government?

Thank you. Minister of Finance, Mr. Todd.

Mr. Speaker, thank you. I think that the concern is with

the larger houses, with respect to the current housing that we are utilizing for Arctic College students in Iqaluit. If that is the case these students are in leased housing and we are in these discussions right now with the Department of Education to determine the appropriate course of action that will ensure that those students who are currently in housing will remain in housing. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Evaloarjuk.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is also directed to the Minister of Finance. Can the Minister confirm that the majority of jobs that were cut will be refilled by Inuit of Nunavut?

Thank you, the question, this is another, I will be recognizing another, it is a different question.

Mr. O'Brien.

Mr. Speaker, this question is for the Minister Responsible for Housing, can the Minister advise this House as to the status of the transfer of employees from the Rankin sub-office to the regional office in Arviat for the N.W.T. Housing Corporation? Thank you.

Thank you, Minister of Housing, Mr. Arlooktoo.

Mr. Speaker, the planned transfer of the Housing Corporation staff to Arviat from Rankin has been in the books for quite some time and is still in the plans. However at this time as the Premier stated yesterday there is a possibility of amalgamation and until those plans are firmed up the planned move is presumably on hold.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. O'Brien.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister confirm whether just myself received the letter to the effect that this transfer is taking place in the next short while and also if the Hamlet of Arviat received such a letter to confirm that the transfer was, in deed, taking place?

Thank you. Minister for N.W.T. Housing Corporation, Mr. Arlooktoo.

Mr. Speaker, some time ago I instructed the President of the Housing Corporation to inform the affected M.L.A.'s of the planned transfer of the employees so all the M.L.A.'s were informed. I am not certain if the letter also went to the Hamlet. As I stated before that was shortly before the direction by Cabinet to look at a possible amalgamation.

Thank you. Second supplementary, Mr. O'Brien.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is the first I hear of this delay and I will, before I ask further questions, I will check and confirm to see if indeed the Hamlet and the mayor of Arviat did receive confirmation that the transfer was to take place on a certain date. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. O'Brien. You have no questions, do you a question, but no question. Thank you.

Oral question, Mr. Steen.