Sorry, Mr. Speaker. I already asked the question to the Premier.

The question is taken as notice. Oral questions, Mr. O'Brien.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Deputy Premier. I would ask the Deputy Premier to advise the House, on his recent meeting in Greenland with Minister Irwin and others. Thank you.

The Deputy Premier, Mr. Arlooktoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What I will do is, I will pass along information to the House from notes I gave to the Premier, in my report to him this morning. Over the last few days, I represented the Northwest Territories as part of a Canadian delegation to Greenland which was led by the Honourable Ron Irwin, Minister of DIAND. The delegation consisted of senior political and business leaders from Canada, and we were able to meet with our counter-parts in Greenland to share ideas and information.

I was very pleased to be part of a delegation which consisted of key Inuit political leaders from Canada, which included John Amagoalik, from the Nunavut Implementation Commission, Josie Kusugak, from NTI, Mary Sillett, from ITC, Rosemary Kuptana, from ICC and Ambassador to Circumpolar Affairs, Mary Simon and Zebedee Nungak, from Makavik Corporation. During a meeting of Greenland cabinet, I was asked to chair discussions that ranged in topics from Greenland's Home Rule system, about the fiscal management and ours. We exchanged information on housing programs, education, government structures and their system of justice.

I also want to mention to the House during this trip to Greenland, on the way back I represented the GNWT in the signing of the Nunavut Unified Human Resource Development Contribution Agreement, which is of $5 million value. This program will help provide the funding for a variety of education and training strategies, to assist the Inuit to be prepared to take advantage of employment opportunities that will be available with the creation of Nunavut.

Again, just by way of education to the members, I was not sure what the answer would be, so I allowed the response. When you are asking a question, a question must not require a lengthy or detailed answer. To

remind the ministers, when you answer a question the answer must be brief, they must not be lengthy. Oral questions, Mr. Erasmus.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. Last month, in the third session, I asked the minister a question about contribution from the Business Development fund. My concern was that we do not have a bottomless pit of money, that we should make contributions to start businesses, which will grow and prosper, but that we not put ourselves in the position of having to keep businesses afloat with continuous contributions. I appreciate recently having received the response from the honourable minister which clarifies that the Business Development fund policy does not include a requirement to provide ongoing support to businesses.

However, I would like to ask the minister for some further clarification. If a business has received start-up funding from the Business Development fund, are they eligible to receive further funding in following years? Thank you.

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

Thank you. Oral question, supplementary, Mr. Erasmus.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate that generally we attempt to ensure that businesses that receive funding would not require further funding, but I can also assume from the minister's reply that there are instances when they do require ongoing funding. So, I would like to know if the minister can provide me with a list of businesses which have received funding from the BDF, both for initial funding, and for ongoing funding. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you. Question period is over. We will take a 15 minute break.

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The Chair recognizes a quorum. Item 7, written questions. Returns to written questions. Replies to opening address. Petitions. Reports of Standing and Special Committees. Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills. Tabling of Documents. Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document, Tabled Document 16-13(4), the Workers' Compensation Board Corporate Plan, for 1997 to 1999. Thank you.

Thank you. Tabling of douments. Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you. Tabling of documents. Tabling of documents. Mr. Roland.

Thank you. Tabling of documents. Notices of motion. Notice of motions of first reading of bills. Motions. Mr. Ootes.

Thank you. The member for Yellowknife Centre is seeking unanimous consent to deal with this motion today. Do we have any nays? They are no nays. Mr. Ootes, you have unanimous consent.