Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if somebody were found to be spending the money on gambling or other purposes, it would put in question their continued funding by the Income Support Program. In fact, the limiting of income support payments to an individual is the only recourse that we have. As I said, the individual is ultimately responsible. The government is not in a position where we can say to somebody, you are not capable of doing this; therefore, we are going to do it for you, without there being either a court order or some other kind of agreement that would move the responsibility to someone else. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In a letter that was written to me by the Minister, he states that the Income Support Program attempts to identify those clients who experience money management issues and provide training to address the issue. What I am wondering, is there a standard training package that is distributed to the income support workers that is delivered at the local level and if so could the Minister please provide me with a copy of such training program? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the income support workers are trained in counselling people in this area. I am not sure that there would be a standard package that would be in effect for all across the territories, but I will endeavour to provide the Member with some information on the counselling services that are available, particularly in her community. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, the federal government had originally asked through officials to enquire if I would be interested in heading the Canadian delegation since the present Minister, Mr. Irwin, would not be able to carry out that obligation. Subsequently, the Arctic ambassador, Mary Simon, has indicated interest in taking this over since the Arctic Council is the body which is going to take over from the Arctic countries the responsibility for this particular file. Ms. Simon is now going to be heading the Canadian delegation. As a courtesy, I was subsequently asked to co-head this delegation, or co-chair this delegation. I was grateful for this second opportunity, but have since declined to do that. At this time, no one from our government will be attending this particular conference in Norway. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, the last meeting of these Ministers took place in Inuvik a year and a half ago. We had taken the time then and the time previous to that to brief the Arctic ambassador, Mr. Irwin and Sergio Marchi, the federal Minister of Environment, on those concerns and issues that are relevant to this particular file. While the work is ongoing, certainly the Arctic ambassador, Mary Simon, is fully briefed on the concerns and interests we have in regard to this particular conference. The Polar Commission no doubt also is providing Mayor Simon with all the relevant information she requires to do a very capable job of representing not only the Government of Canada but certainly the people of the Northwest Territories and the Arctic in representing their interests and concerns at this conference. Thank you.

Yes, Mr. Speaker, we certainly will be doing that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not sure what the Member is referring to when he talks about announcements of potential problems. There have been no such announcements from the Power Corporation. The Power Corporation, since 1992, has embarked on a program of assessing all of the sites that are operated by the Power Corporation and in the past by Northern Canada Power Commission because that work was never done before this government took over from NCPC. As a responsible corporate citizen, the Power Corporation has embarked on a program whereby a dozen or so sites a year will be assessed to find out whether or not there is a danger or if there exists any environmental contamination. In those

situations where the preliminary tests indicate environmental contamination, a further detailed study will be undertaken. Remediation programs will be proposed, should any serious contamination, be found with the communities and the regulatory agencies. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.