Thank you. Mr. Arlooktoo.

Mr. Speaker, I would never want to be in a position to embarrass the Member. I do not have that information at this time. I have delegated the work to the deputy minister to go around the regions and to provide myself, as Minister, options on how to go about this restructuring. I will commit to advising the appropriate committees as soon as possible with those changes.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Arlooktoo.

Mr. Speaker, once the plans have been forwarded to me and I have reviewed and approved them, I will provide the appropriate MLAs with details on how their constituency will be affected.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have here a publication by the Northwest Territories Construction Association; their annual publication. It's nice with coloured pictures and all the rest of that. The association had asked me to advertise in their publication, some time back, and I declined to do so. But I just got a copy of it today, and I noticed that it has been published by Naylor Communications Limited in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Shame, shame.

Mr. Speaker, I have checked and there are many companies in the Northwest Territories that could publish this magazine. My question is for the Premier. Mr. Speaker, does this government provide any funding to the NWT Construction Association?

Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm as surprised as the Member to hear of this magazine being published in southern Canada, when I know there are people in the Northwest Territories who are capable of publishing Such a magazine. I remember, as the Minister of DPW, that we used to give the NWT Construction Association money in the past. I don't think we do today, and rightfully so if they're going to use southern publications. We shouldn't be supporting them. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Erasmus.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Premier indicated, there are many companies who could do this. Especially since the NWT Construction Association is always talking about buying north, I was wondering if the government buys any advertising in this magazine.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Right now, I am sure that we do not; but I will check into it and if we do, then I'll make sure that we do not. If it's to support a southern publication, then we should not be doing that. We should support northern business and continue to support those people who help people develop in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

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

Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is our intention, as well as the Minister of MACA's intention, to work with the communities. Every community leader I've talked to, many, many years in the past, has always said that they want the responsibility and they want to make the decisions at the community level. I would be very surprised to see communities that would not move ahead with this priority of this government, and embrace it with great enthusiasm. It's the full intention of this government to sit down and assess every community with the community and the community leadership, of exactly where it is today, and develop a plan with the community to move ahead so that they're empowered to handle all issues in their community as well as capital projects, maintenance, O and M of those buildings, and health and social programs, as well.

Different communities are at different levels today, Mr. Speaker. We fully realize that and understand that. So there will have to be different packages put together for different communities. But in the end, the people in the communities want to make those decisions, they don't want them made in Yellowknife. I'm sure and I'm confident that I can say today that the vast majority of our communities will embrace community empowerment. Thank you.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Ootes.

Mr. Morin.