No, the honourable Member is incorrect. Thank you.

Thank you. Second supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not have the benefit of the Minister writing questions for me like some other Members. I am really having a chance to ask my questions. My supplementary question is...

Mr. Picco, there is a point of order from Mr. Todd. Point of order.

Point Of Order

Mr. Speaker, I believe that my honourable colleague is implying that perhaps my other colleague from Fort Smith and myself are in collusion in relation to questions and answers in this House. I find that offensive and I ask him to retract it.

Thank you. To the point of order, Mr. Picco.

No, Mr. Speaker. I did not say that. What I said was, I said that I do not have the opportunity or the benefit of getting questions written by Ministers or any Minister. I did not say any Member in particular. It was just an observation that I made. All Members, including me. Thank you.

Thank you. Obviously, there is no point of order. Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, I made my point. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Picco, you have not finished your supplementary, so proceed please. Thank you.

That is a good point. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my supplementary question to the Minister was, in what stage, now, is the pay equity dispute with the UNW? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Mr. Todd.

Since my honourable colleague pays so much attention to Hansard, if he reads yesterday's Hansard, he will understand what our position is. Thank you.

Thank you. Can I have order. I will give you a final supplementary, if you wish, Mr. Picco.

Mr. Speaker, the Minister says many things and the Hansard is quite long, full of his verbiage. I do not have the opportunity to read everything that Mr. Todd says. I would not want to. My question again is, in what stage is the pay equity court case? Have we appealed the Supreme Court? Has Mr. Todd hired Eddy Greenspan to represent us? What has happened? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Mr. Todd.

I have not had this much fun in a while. Mr. Speaker, I do want to advise my honourable colleague, if he does take the time to read yesterday's Hansard, it is clear, succinct, as to what the government's position is, as it relates to pay equity. That is the only point I am trying to make. Thank you.

Thank you. I would like to remind all Members that when asking questions or responding to questions, try and refrain from a provocative nature so as not to get the Members arguing across the table. I think we should respect each other in this House. Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you. Madame Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Cities and towns have been able to borrow for land development for many years, but before a community can borrow land, it must own the land and in Nunavut the land claim gave ownership of land to the municipalities. The smaller communities in the west do not own the land, although some in the Inuvik region are interested in land ownership. In the west, where communities do not own the land, communities will not be borrowing money for land development.

Instead, the department has a capital budget for land development projects in the west. The land policy was approved by Cabinet in April and it went through this House and I also tabled a document, Finding the Right Balance, which lists all the information in that document in regards to the land development policies. I would suggest to the Member that he read that policy because it has given consideration to all the communities. We do work with the communities on this policy. All the communities should know about it. In the case of Rankin Inlet, the Hamlet will be repaying this loan. It is under Article 14 of land claims agreement and it is just a normal thing that has happened. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Mr. Krutko

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Thank you. That was supplementary. Madame Thompson.