The Member for Yellowknife North is seeking unanimous consent to conclude his statement. Do I have any nays? There are no nays. Mr. Erasmus, you have unanimous consent to conclude your statement.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I stated, the conflict of interest clause that is within many senior government officials contracts which indicated that they are not supposed to work within the same field of interest that they had been working in for a year, or something like that, there was a lot of discussion about it, and it was generally felt that there should be no "not withstanding clause" to allow people to escape from their commitments that they had made in their contract when they began their employment with the territorial government. The feeling was that anybody who works for the territorial government and benefits from the training, education, experience and knowledge that they gain within their area, they should not be able to use that for their betterment immediately after they leave our employment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Erasmus. Members' statements. Mr. Antoine.

Thank you. Members' statements. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to read a news release that I received from George Burns who is a director of De Beers in London.

Endiama and De Beers are pleased to announce the formal signing of an agreement to develop a 12-storey building in Angola on land leased from Endiama which adjoins Endiama's existing offices in the central business district of Luanda. The building will be owned by De Beers and will house a purpose built and secure diamond sorting facility where Angolan diamond production will be sorted and valued. Endiama, the Angolan national diamond company, will be the owner of three floors in the new building.

This building will incorporate the latest technology required for the efficient and secure handling of rough diamonds. The building will house facilities for training Angolans in the key skills of sorting and valuing rough diamonds. De Beers has built similar facilities in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, and brings considerable experience to this type of development.

The building will cost approximately $30 million US to develop and equip. Locally based building contractors will be employed, and it is expected that hundreds of jobs will be created during the construction. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Henry. Members' statements. Item 4, returns to oral questions. Item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Mr. Krutko.

Recognition of visitors in the gallery. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it has been a couple of weeks since the resignation of the chair of the Baffin Regional Health Board. I would like to ask some questions about the board and hospital. Can the Minister advise this House as to the process to appoint a new chair? Thank you.

The Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Recognizing the importance of the chair of the Baffin Regional Health and Social Services Board, I actively had some discussions with some of the Baffin representatives of this House. I asked the Deputy Premier, Mr. Arlooktoo, to speak to Achimo Kamukaku, the acting chair of the Baffin Regional Board to see whether he would be interested first of all or if he had any other suggestions about possible candidates that could act as chair. There was a suggestion by the Baffin and Iqaluit Chambers of Commerce where they proposed a few names for consideration and issued a press release in that respect. I had a preliminary look at it and had some discussions, as I indicated with the Baffin members, to seek out whether or not the possibility of Mr. Dennis Patterson, former member of this House, former Health Minister, former Premier, was interested in taking on that responsibility. I called Mr. Patterson myself personally and asked him. He did express an interest. Mr. Arlooktoo spoke again with the acting chair, Mr. Kamukaku, who undertook some consultation with his Health and Social Services Board colleagues. I spoke to Mr. Lazarus Ariak, president of the Baffin Regional Inuit Association and got his input, the possibility of having Mr. Patterson appointed as well and as it stands now, there is no opposition to having Mr. Patterson's name put forward as the chair for the Baffin Health Board. Right now we are in the process of preparing some documentation to that effect, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the board is without Iqaluit representation. I understand two names have gone forward to the Minister. I wonder if the Minister could update on the appointment of those two Iqaluit nominees?

Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would anticipate we are aware of the nominees and again they are in the process of having the formal appointment documentation prepared. I would think we will do it in as timely a fashion as possible. Thank you.

Oral questions. Mr. Krutko.

The Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there are various avenues in the community an individual could go to all of the front line staff area. Whether it is a law enforcement official, municipal enforcement official, a teacher, a social worker, community awareness worker, alcohol and drug worker. There are different avenues and different structures within each community to report incidents of potential abuse of any kind and of course, avenues to take the appropriate action based on those complaints, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Krutko, do you have a question? Supplementary?