Thank you, Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister has completed the cursory review as earlier stated. There is still concern with the amalgamation of health boards and social services. Has the Minister appointed any staff person to monitor the activities of the various boards in the Northwest Territories? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker we have not had any direct employee tasked with that responsibility. However, as it has been indicated in the review that was undertaken of the Keewatin Health Board and the Baffin Regional Health Social Services Boards contemplated move, we recognize that we may, well we do, have to have a requirement to put in some monitoring and evaluation processes to provide some support quite frankly to the boards and quite frankly to provide additional insight as a ministry into the operations of boards to make sure we do not get into situations that may cause difficulty, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that seems to be a very serious concern right now with health boards in the Northwest Territories, especially in those two regions that we just talked about. I wonder what framework the Minister is looking at and, when does he think these people will be in place to monitor the activities of the board and ensure that indeed, the policies and regulations of this government are being carried out? Also, how the operations are being set up so that the health care is indeed at the level it is required for the residents of this territory? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is important to recognize that the review and results of the review just came to me less than two weeks ago. I have directed the department to start to design and put in place that monitoring and assessment capability. I believe that certainly within 30 to 60 days we would have that completed. In the meantime, we are in regular contact with the board, CEOs and myself with the chairs on a regular basis trying to keep a sense of some of the issues and some of the happenings in the boards. Mr. Speaker, thank you.

Oral questions. Final supplementary. I am sorry you have already had your final supplementary. You had two questions in the first one. Mr. Enuaraq, oral questions.

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the community usually just makes application to the Department of Transportation at the regional level. Perhaps maybe as an MLA you could bring that to my attention as a Minister. We try to work these requests into our business plan after we analyze each request. Thank you.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Enuaraq.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister indicate which communities benefited from this program in the last year? Thank you.

Mr. Antoine.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the last few years there were a number of communities, particularly in the Nunavut area, that benefited from harbour enhancement. I do not have the list of the communities handy but there are a number of communities that over the years have benefited from this program and, it is a multi-year program, it is not a year to year program. The nature of the weather in the east and the nature of the sizes of the project we have to do a multi-year type of a planning. If the Member would like, I will get the department to compile the list of the communities that have benefited from this program and provide them with that information. Thank you.

Oral questions. Mr. Steen.

The Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would be pleased to look into this issue for this Member of who actually named the park, whose idea was it for the park and who maintains the park, as well as, who has the keys for the washrooms in the park. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Miltenberger.

The Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board. Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well, unfortunately my honourable colleague is correct, I had a very busy schedule last night, worked late into the evening and started work early this morning at 6:30 a.m., quarter to seven and; unfortunately, I was not able to get a hold of Mr. Bailey who was equally as busy doing other things. I will commit to the House and to Mr. Picco particularly that I will give him a full briefing in this House on the marketing strategy for the rural fund later next week. Thank you.