Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member is right, the Education Act, which came into force July 1, 1996, does stipulate that elections for DEAs must take place every two years. It is not just a local choice. They cannot arbitrarily make the change, but the Education Act does allow the communities to petition the Minister to request a change. The community could petition to request that the elections be held on a staggered basis. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the act gives the Minister of Education the power to approve or reject a petition for a change that comes from the community. If the community were to submit a petition to me, I could decide whether or not to approve it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There were some questions that remain unanswered, as far as I understand, from our mid-term review. My question is for the Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Ng. It is in regard to his commitment to find out what literature may be available from the health centres and the boards throughout the Northwest Territories regarding the availability of information and literature on breast cancer screening. Has the Minister been able to undertake that and if he has an answer on that for us?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wonder also if the Minister could commit to, at that time if he does not have it now, find out what health boards are spending on mammography programs in the territories. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of the Power Corporation in regard to the efforts that communities are taking to find new ways of conserving energy and finding ways to bring down the cost of electricity in their communities. I would like to ask the Minister, is there a possibility that these efforts could be implemented so that the people within the communities can see these savings within the next couple of years in their power bills with these efforts that are taking place within the communities?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Power Corporation is working in concert with the Housing Corporation on energy conservation programs and housing conversion programs to convert, for instance, hot water heaters from electricity to oil. The Power Corporation is always interested in working with other agencies and communities on conservation and savings initiatives. The cost of a general rate application is so big that the Power Corporation tries to submit an application for rate changes to the Public Utilities Board no more than every three or so years.

The chances of seeing any changes in the next two years are very slim. The cost of an application to the Public Utilities Board would probably be more than what the community could save in total energy costs. Since all of the costs have to be recovered by the Power Corporation, there would be no savings. We have to be careful that we do all the general rate applications for all communities at the same time in order that the costs are shared across the Northwest Territories and no one community has to pay too much for the cost of the Power Corporation appearing before the Public Utilities Board. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The communities that do take this initiative, it should be an enhancement to them and the people in communities should see the benefits because they are the ones who are making the efforts to find ways to save energy to this government. When will the consumer see these savings in their power bills with these efforts that the communities are taking to find new savings for conserving energy and decreasing the price of power in their communities? How long will it take before they see it in their power bills?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, some energy conservation programs allow the consumer to see the reduction immediately because they use less power. If you use less power, your power bill is lower. If you convert your electric hot water heater to oil, you will see your savings begin immediately. The sort of savings that we are seeing in a community such as Fort McPherson on the AADRII project are long-term. The capital cost of the program was millions of dollars. That capital cost has to come out before those savings are going to be passed on to the consumer. The consumer sees right now an immediate savings of about 15 percent on their oil bill because they pay less for heat through the heat recovery project than they would if they were to purchase fuel oil to heat their buildings. The savings are immediate, but the long-term savings will be even bigger. It will take some time for those to pass through the system. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.