Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, each May of the fiscal year, the Premier, Mr. Morin, sends out a letter to each town, municipality and hamlet asking them to prioritize their capital requirements for that year. I expect that, indeed, under this five-year capital planning process that the Minister of Finance, the Premier or someone would be asking their communities should they go ahead with this, what programs they would pick. Thank you.

Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. While I recognize what my honourable colleague is saying, I think we have a five-year capital plan. A number of things were taken out of it, delayed or put back, et cetera. Our intent, quite frankly, is to try and get some of the stuff on the ground this year. What we are saying is we are re-examining the current capital plan, the priorities that the municipalities have placed on the projects. The deputies are doing that as we speak so I do not think, I could be wrong, but I do not think there would be a requirement to go back out to the communities. I think we have enough data there and enough direction from municipalities, et cetera, to be able to bring forward to committee and to FMB what we think is doable based upon some of the criteria that we will set for the P3. As I said earlier to an earlier question from my honourable colleague from Thebacha, I am prepared to table those policy regulations as quickly as I can in this House. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to see that the Minister for Transparency would indeed look at bringing that forward into the House in March. I am wondering with that allocation within the framework under the P3, with the projects that he had identified and that the Legislative Assembly had identified; would they actually come into the House, too? We are not approving capital monies because this is the P3 partnership. Would the projects be identified and tabled by Mr. Todd so that the public at large could see that it's not a pork barrelling exercise but it is indeed a transparent process and that things are being done as according to plan? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have been called many things but never the Minister of Transparency. Anyway, I am the Minister of Finance, just for clarity purposes for my honourable colleague who frequently has memory lapses. Mr. Speaker, I will have to check with Mr. Voytilla. Right now, we are racing to take a look at the five-year plan. The priorities have been placed upon the plans, community by community. We are taking a look at what we think are the priority projects that we can bring back into the mix. It is my desire and the desire of my Cabinet colleagues to get some of this stuff on the ground. I better check to make sure whether or not this will come back to the House for debate or whether we would, in fact, come back to committee and seek approval. I would prefer to defer a complete answer to that question, but we will undertake to have it for my honourable colleague tomorrow or Monday. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My final supplementary on the P3 is that in other jurisdictions where the P3 have been used you have set limits on the projects. For example, the bridge in PEI was a P3 because it was a large project. Will the Minister be looking at setting a limit on the projects that will be under this, like a $10 million project, a $20 million project, or will it be, for example, a million dollar project? Will there be a limit? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Todd.

If there was to be a limit, I am sure my honourable colleague would want it to be $25 million because I think that is what the Iqaluit/Nunavut hospital facility requires. Again, I stress to him that we are still working out all the details. We are taking a look at the affordability side of things. My inclination is to give as much maximum flexibility as possible. I am not one that likes to put restraints or conditions attached to things. The two conditions that are attached to this policy from a financial perspective is transparency and affordability. The rest of it, as I have said, I am prepared to share with my colleague and the Members of this House as soon as we get the i's dotted and the t's crossed on how we are going to proceed in terms of the regulations and the policies related to public and private partnerships. I will do that as quickly as I can, but I do not, at this time, see a project by project limitation. Who knows, as we move forward in the next three or four days to finalize how we are going to proceed with these projects. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Krutko.

The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Ms. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is the first time I have been made aware of this situation in the community regarding the lottery licensing at the radio station. I will get back to the Member as soon as I can and I will take the question as notice. Thank you.

Thank you. The question is taken as notice. Oral questions. Mr. Erasmus.

The Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation, Mr. Arlooktoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The short answer is no. The Housing Corporation, through the housing associations, deals mainly with social housing which requires tenants or would-be tenants to actually reside in a community, apply for housing, be approved and pay a certain amount of rent. The other part to the housing that the Housing Corporation deals with is in home ownership. I would refer the question to Mr. Dent who has the responsibility for income support and who deals with issues like the homeless. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Dent.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The people like the Salvation Army have a policy that if a person is drinking they will not be allowed into their emergency shelter. Considering the fact that most of the homeless have social problems, including alcohol and drug abuse, they would not be able to participate in this program. I would like to know if the Minister would be willing to consider financing shelters where people can drop in and actually just come in and have a place to sleep considering the fact that there are many, many people, in particular, the larger centres such as Yellowknife, Rankin Inlet or wherever?

Mr. Dent.