Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My other question is in regard to the way assets are disposed of. Is the decision made by the deputy minister or the Minister himself or is it made by Cabinet? Who makes the decision these assets are going to be disposed of for a dollar?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is it the Minister of FMBS or is it the deputy minister of FMBS? Who makes the decision from FMBS?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Are there any criteria for any non-profit organizations to acquire government assets, such as alcohol and drug centres in the communities which operate out of a government house and they do not have any operation and maintenance dollars? What is the arrangement for that class of people? Are there different classes of groups who can qualify for acquiring government assets for a dollar or do they fit into a different category altogether?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The reason I raised the question is that Aklavik operates an Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program out of a housing unit that used to belong to this government. When we got rid of government assets and sold off houses, this is one area that myself, the mayor of Aklavik and the committee approached the previous Minister on to see if there was a way to acquire that building for a dollar. However, there were outstanding amounts owed against the facilities, which I was hoping could be written off. In this case we were disposing of an asset yet there may be liabilities attached to that asset once you get rid of it. Is there a way of disposing of the asset and also disposing of any outstanding liabilities that may be attached to such a building?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With regard to Aklavik, because that is one particular case that I have been involved in, I believe your department has been made aware of it. The process was that eventually we went through the municipality where it was distributed under your section of classes, it was classified as a second group that you allocated before you got to group three. Group three will probably be the alcohol centre because it is a non-profit society.

With regard to the outstanding amounts, what I was talking about is there was, apparently, an account that was revolving where they were supposed to eventually pay the different fees. When the building was put on the market for sale, there were operations and maintenance costs for that building because the government was still... it was being taken off as an asset, but there were still costs associated with that building where they had to pay the fuel, the power and whatever. What they did, because the alcohol centre was in that building, was they took those amounts and they charged them back to the alcohol and drug centre for those fees. Why, in this case, could the government not have recouped that cost through the department because it was put on the market and was no longer classified as a government asset? It is a complicated matter but, hopefully, you have received the gist of what I am saying, circumstances which were out of the control of the alcohol centre and out of the control of the government because they classified it as no longer a government asset because it was up for sale. Is there a way that the department can consider looking at recouping those costs which were billed to the alcohol and drug centre?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I did not catch the exact amount that the deputy minister said was in the $32 million. I believe he referred to somewhere around $15 million was in asset management for leases. Mr. Chairman, this information I have, from last year's budget, shows for 1998-99, the requirement for this year was going to be $9.862 million. Why is $15 million needed for the leases this year?