Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Health, Mr. Ng. This House has recently heard concerns over the imminent closure of Northern Addictions program for inhalant and solvent abuse provided to aboriginal youth from across the Territories, and is presently funded by the federal government. I would like to ask the Minister if he has had the opportunity to look into this area of providing funding so that that function can still remain in operation.

Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, as I indicated earlier in this House, the department is looking at their internal spending to see whether or not we can divert some funding from our existing programming to try to keep the adolescent solvent abuse treatment program in operation. Thank you.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister if he has a time line when this report will be ready for presentation to himself, for a decision on this program. The federal government funding ends on June 30th, I believe. Does the Minister have a time line when he would be able to report back or make a decision on this?

Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would anticipate that, during the early part of June, I would have some kind of options put before myself from my departmental officials to see what action we could take in respect to this issue. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is concerning the very serious situation in Iqaluit. I would like to say that I appreciate Mr. Bill Braden from NTPC, who contacted me last night shortly after the failure, keeping me up to date on the situation. Mr. Speaker, the Minister has said that NTPC will be replacing the 2.5 megawatt generator, but they're going to replace it with a two-megawatt generator. Will the two-megawatt generator be enough when it's replacing a 2.5-megawatt generator? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Minister responsible for the NWT Power Corporation, Mr. Dent.

Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased to hear that. There have been ongoing problems with the generators in the last couple of years. Maybe the Minister could inform the House, from preliminary investigations, of what happened last night. What caused the failure of said generator? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Dent.

Thank you.

Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Mr. Speaker, in light of the failure of the generator, has NTPC looked at the capacity in the community of Iqaluit? As the Minister knows, it's one of the fastest-growing communities in the Northwest Territories. With it being named the capital, we expect more growth. Has NTPC looked at increasing the capacity in Iqaluit after this serious situation; even though we are having the two megawatt now coming in this fall, will that be enough? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Dent.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Steen.

Thank you. Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To start that process, I wrote to all Members of the Legislative Assembly to ask them for recommendations on who could sit on this independent advisory panel. Some Members did reply, then I went and looked into every region in the Northwest Territories for independent business people out there, as well as people with business experience. From that, I finalized the list approximately 10 days ago. I have been able to contact nearly all those people and all of them have agreed to sit on that panel. I sent them a letter last week and I have written to every Member of this Legislative Assembly, yesterday, advising them of who is going to be on that panel. Hopefully in June, we will have our first meeting. Also, Mr. Speaker, I would be pleased to give a statement in this House on Tuesday, advising the public at large, as well as this House, who is going to be sitting on that panel. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Barnabas.