and the assignment of the lease to 974102 NWT Ltd., dated September 30, 1997. Mr. Speaker, Members will note that the financial details of the transactions have been blackened out consistent with the approach taken to releasing such documents under the Access to Information Act.

The other area I would like to draw Members' attention to is the duration of the original lease, this dated December 13, 1990, rolls together two previous leases, number 1016 and 1185, which date back to 1985 when the building was originally leased by the Government of the NWT. One of these leases was for space occupied by the Education Department of the GNWT and the other was for a federal lease for space occupied by the Department of National Health and Welfare. When the GNWT took on the responsibility for Health, it also took on the liability for the office space occupied by the new department. It was decided at the time, for the purposes of simplicity, it would be in the best interests of both the landlord and the tenant to enter into one lease for both departments. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.