Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe there was --and may still be -- an employee suggestion award program that my honourable colleague talks about, that did reward employees with coming up with constructive suggestions as to where this government can save money. Thank you.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Enuaraq.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I understand that the program may only be in place for government employees. Would the Minister consider revising the program to consider suggestions from people, like my constituent, who is not a government employee?

Mr. Todd.

Mr. Speaker, I think that's an excellent idea offered by my honourable colleague and I would be only too happy to broaden the scope of this award program, given the difficult times that we all live in and these days of fiscal restraint. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of FMBS. Mr. Speaker, I will refer to Tabled Document 53-13(3), Report of the Auditor General for Canada on the Legislative Assembly of the NWT. Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General states that the Financial Administration Act -- FAA -- sets out requirements for every public agency to prepare and submit an annual report.

The annual report is an important part of the accountability process. The report can provide standing committee Members, on behalf of the Legislative Assembly, with important information to help them hold and to keep management accountable. However, Mr. Speaker, the NWT Power Corporation, the NWT Business Corporation and the NWT Liquor Commission have lapsed over 240 days without submitting said annual report, and no 60-day extension was requested. Mr. Speaker, has the Minister directed FMBS to follow up with said agencies and boards to ensure that the annual reports are tabled in a timely manner, allowing for the accountability process that I have been continually asking about? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board, Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let me assure the House and my honourable colleague that we are attempting to be accountable. The issues that he addresses, I will have to look into and report back to him in the coming weeks. Thank you.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General reports that FMBS is studying changes in the Financial Administration Act for accountability and performance measurement. Will the Minister update this House now, today, right now, what accountability and performance measurements the FMBS is specifically looking at as stated in the Auditor General's report? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Todd.

Mr. Speaker, I'll have to take that question as notice so I can report back to my honourable colleague in a full and comprehensive way to ensure that he doesn't continue to ask me the same question in the future. Thank you.

Thank you. The question has been taken as notice. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Ningark.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the honourable Minister of Health and Social Services. At the outset, I would like to thank the honourable Minister for supplying me with a return regarding the justice responsibilities to the communities of my area.

Mr. Speaker, as I indicated in my Member's statement regarding the health centre in Gjoa Haven to be renovated over the coming months, as the Minister has indicated during Committee of the Whole regarding the same issue, that he's willing to talk to the people of Gjoa Haven, I have communicated with the mayor of Gjoa Haven this morning and a few days ago regarding the plan of the government to renovate the health centre instead of building a new one.

The mayor of Gjoa Haven has made it very clear to me that the community leaders of that community are not prepared to go ahead with the renovations. That community wants a new health centre. Will the honourable Minister now direct his staff to communicate with the people of Gjoa Haven to begin planning and reinstating the prior commitment to build a new centre in Gjoa Haven? Thank you.

Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will commit to having departmental staff sit down with the municipal leaders in Gjoa Haven to try to reach an accommodation on timing, given the unavailability of funding for this current fiscal year that has been approved in this House for a new facility, and to try to work out the timetable where the possibility of a new facility could be planned. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Ningark.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it isn't the first time that the people of Gjoa Haven have been told that there is no money in the system. Two years ago, there was a commitment to build a new centre. Will the Minister make sure the request from that community for a new centre is upheld by this government? Thank you.

Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will commit to doing my utmost in working with the community to try to reach an accommodation that would be satisfactory to them. Thank you.

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

Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Ng.