I am sure it is a public document and assuming it is and there are no concern with respect to individual confidentiality in jobs, I would be only too happy to table it in the House. Thank you.

Oral questions. Mr. Krutko.

The Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the environmental audit that the honourable Member is asking about can only be related to the petroleum products division. We are going to be initiating some work on tanks farms in some of the communities starting this spring. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Krutko.

Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the environmental conditions of these facilities are largely unknown. In 1996, the division did a visual inspection of most of the sites which did not include soil or subsurface examinations. The petroleum products division intends to go to a request for proposal to examine the environmental conditions at 42 sites. The work will look at soil and subsurface. It will document and try to quantify the levels of contamination, if any, and identify a plan for any cleanup that may be required. Thank you.

Oral questions. Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, some time ago we had the Premier table, in the House, a copy of the human resource policy. There has been some concern with senior bureaucrats and functionaries receiving contracts from this government after leaving government employment. Has the Premier reviewed this concern and would he update the human resource policy to allay some of the fears of senior people of this government receiving contracts shortly after leaving the employment of this government? Thank you.

Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Our government has gone from, I believe it was, 17 departments down to 11. We have been going through downsizing work since we were elected. There are some senior managers of this government who are out there that continue to want to live in the north. Just because a person has worked for the Government of the Northwest Territories, it does not mean he has to leave the Northwest Territories when he leaves his employment with the Government of the Northwest Territories. This person still has the right to make a living in the Northwest Territories. I reviewed and I do not see any problem with senior managers

who are working for the Government of the Northwest Territories even after they have left their employment. Thank you.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, no one is disputing the fact that people, who work for this government and who then leave, the government, should find the opportunity to get employment. Because the Premier states we have a viable economy, it means the employees do not necessarily have to go to government to get a contract or a job. In the contract policy that was tabled in this House, there is an option to opt out of the policy by an individual manager, director or former government person and to write the chairman of the FMB and ask for exclusion from that policy. Has the Premier looked at that option? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am aware of that option. If any member of the public or Member of the Legislative Assembly can point out to me where past senior management would be in conflict with the policy, then he would be able to ask for an opt out but I am not aware of that. Thank you.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For clarification, is the Premier saying he is not aware of any case in the last 12 months that a senior functionary within this government, who has left the employment of this government, has applied to the chairman of the FMBS to be opted out of the policy? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, I am not aware of that and I can check into it for the Member to see, in the past twelve months, if anyone has done that. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think in this House, on questions on the Aurora Fund, Mr. Bailey, for example, was opted out. That is public knowledge now because it was talked about in this House. I wonder when the Premier would be able to get back to me and this House on other instances, other than that one which has happened in the past twelve months, that have occurred. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Morin.