Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. After this session, I will give a copy of the report to the Minister. Will the Department of Health and Social Services, in cooperation with the Northwest Territories health boards, provide training to all Northwest Territories' physicians and community health nurses to include information on breast health issues? I guess I should give some examples in how to obtain clinical breast examinations, how to instruct others in doing breast self examinations which is called BSE and the importance of screening mammograph.

Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will have to wait and see what the regional implementation teams would recommend in respect to the services, the training, literature and support that they will require before we would take it to the next step, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Mr. Speaker, in my constituency one of the concerns raised by a couple of people afflicted with this disease was that information was not available in aboriginal languages or in plain language. I wonder if the Minister would recommend to the health boards, and with financial contribution because it costs a lot of money to translate the information, material to make sure this information is available. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, certainly it is important that people understand in their own language and comprehend services and prevention measures that might be available to them, so certainly we will be supportive of that, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Mr. Speaker, I think the Minister, in a territorial health-wide issue like this, should take the lead and be asking the health boards how they will be dealing with this issue. I wonder if the Northwest Territories' Department of Health and Social Services will work with concerned groups to initiate and support a Northwest Territories' breast health awareness campaign? Will he direct his departmental officials to work with the boards to do this? Thank you. Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly we would be receptive to any proposals that may have to deal with development and implementation of a breast health awareness campaign. Thank you.

Oral questions. Mr. Enuaraq

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question will be directed to the Honourable Mr. Kakfwi. Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. As I mentioned in my Member's statement this morning concerning Fox-5 DEW Linesite, nine kilometres from Broughton Island, Mr. Speaker, we know by reading the cleanup plan that was put out by the Department of National Defence. According to that cleanup plan, Fox-5 was not scheduled until the year 2000 to start the cleanup and finish up the cleanup by 2003. To the residents of Broughton Island, knowing that PCB is spreading gradually, my question to the honourable Minister is, can his department make every effort to put forward the start of the cleanup before the year 2000? Thank you.

The Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. Mr. Kakfwi.

Oral questions. Supplementary. Mr. Enuaraq.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the honourable Minister mentioned that it is responsibility of federal government. It has been in the news that the federal government, which is the Government of Canada, made an

agreement with the Government of the United States and have assumed responsibilities for the cleanups. It is of concern that residents of the north were not privy to these negotiations.

Can the Minister give us a progress report on any negotiations that may be going on between the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada dealing with the cleanup of abandoned northern warning sights? Thank you.

Mr. Kakfwi

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Barnabas.

The Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs, Ms. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The government liaison officers were transferred to the Baffin communities in April, 1996. I understand that the Baffin regional office paid the Baffin communities at the same level for April and May as was paid in the 1996/97 fiscal year, rather than at the reduced rate which was reflected in the collective agreement. In June an adjustment was made to recover the over payment and that is why the community feels they have been wronged, That is the explanation for that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.