Thank you, Madam Chairperson. The final details have not been worked out yet, but we understand it will be a combination of both working with the other deputy ministers in Iqaluit and also there will be times that the individual and other deputies in that area will be coming to Yellowknife and working with deputies and the Clerk, in my case, in Yellowknife.

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Madam Chairperson, there was some concern last year when I was going through the main estimates and the numbers granted Therefore on 1-6, on O and M, concerning the pavement of the parking lot of this Legislative Assembly, I wonder if there is any contingency money that has been carried over to complete that work this year. Was that job done on time or, indeed, is there more work that had to be done with the landscaping or the area surrounding the Legislative Assembly itself? Thank you, Madam Chairperson.

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will defer that question on capital until later on that line item. I would like now to ask about the Office of the Clerk, on 1-6, which I think we are dealing with, which also

provides for the Members' amenities, allowances, salaries, their constituency office rent, the standing and special committees and, yes, the support services of research and library. I wonder if, at this time, the Speaker or the Clerk could update us on what type of logistic preparations have been put in place for the new library for Nunavut. Thank you, Madam Chairperson.

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. As the Member had indicated, we have had some discussions with the programming for the facility, the actual facility that will house the legislative library for Nunavut. He is correct that we did find that they had not properly programmed the space that would house the library. We have managed to convince them that they need to increase that space. We have provided to the Office of the Interim Commissioner and it will be up to the Office of the Interim Commissioner and the Clerk-designate for Nunavut to hire one of the key people that we have indicated as the legislative librarian who would have the responsibility of pulling together all the collection and starting to establish and catalogue the legislative library and reference material for the Nunavut Legislative Assembly. It is now in the hands of the Office of the Interim Commissioner and of the Clerk, once he or she is officially appointed, to hire the legislative librarian who will begin to catalogue all the collection for the legislative library.

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Under the library, that is good information. I am glad to see that, indeed, the Clerk's office is following up. I wonder, are we still continuing to make duplicate copies of all items, records, Hansards and so on, information material that could be transferred over to Nunavut and are those materials being transferred or are they held in storage here? Thank you, Madam Chairperson.

Yes, Madam Chairperson, all the material that will be in the library is being duplicated and it is in storage here in Yellowknife.

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Under the communication services, which also falls under the Office of the Clerk, I am wondering if there are any new processes put in place by the Legislative Assembly for communication services, specifically the Internet services and/or an update on Mr. Erasmus' earlier concerns on switchboards and that. Am I correct in assuming there has actually been additional staff put in communication services, the PR or Internet web masters or something like that? Have you hired additional staff? Thank you, Madam Chairperson.

Madam Chairperson, I am a bit unclear on the question. We have not hired any additional staff nor have the financial resources to hire any staff directly related to Nunavut and the whole issue of switchboard operators and communications does not fall within the Legislative Assembly. The word communication is for public relations type functions.

No, thank you, Madam Chairperson. I will defer to the honourable Mr. Erasmus.

Madam Chairperson, in my opening statement I mentioned that we deliberately did all our contracts and our statutory appointments to end on March 31, 1999. The translation services provided to this Assembly is done by private contracts. Again, we will not put ourselves in the position of influencing what Nunavut will be provided. If there is a market there, then the people who are providing who service will have the opportunity to provide that service.