Mr. Antoine.

Yes, Mr. Speaker. The department knew which long-term leases were favourable to the government and one of them was the Lahm Ridge Tower that was targeted to be retained for use by government. Thank you.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ootes.

Mr. Antoine.

Thank you. It was the owner of the Lahm Ridge Investment Company, Mr. Al Marceau, who contacted the Department of Public Works and Services to initiate the renegotiations of the lease extension. Thank you.

Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Ootes.

Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when the long-term ten-year lease was up in 1995, Mr. Marceau wanted to exercise a lease extension. It was put on hold by the department because of the downsizing and the different scenarios that were going on within the department about the size of the government, and I am told it was until July of last year that Mr. Marceau had contacted the department. I am not aware of any time, three or four months before that so I will have to get back to the Member on that to be clear. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In response to an oral question asked by me yesterday to the Premier, I had asked if the boards and agencies of the government were required to report their salaries as proposed in the motion of 1996. The Premier came back and said if I wanted, the Dene Nation, the Metis Nation, the Gwich'in Nation, Inuvialuit and Sahtu and everything like that. To clarify, Mr. Speaker, that was not my question. I would like to ask my question again, in the motion of 1996, would that include the boards and agencies of this government, the Government of the Northwest Territories?

Mr. Premier.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I do not know. Thank you.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

When will he know?

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could I have the Member clarify his question please?

Mr. Picco. Your second supplementary again.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, just for clarification purposes again, yesterday in the House I asked the Premier if the disclosure motion of 1996 included the boards and agencies of the government, the Government of

the Northwest Territories. The Premier responded by saying I could write to NTI, all the boards, Dene Nation, Metis Nation, the Gwich'in, the Inuvialuit, the Sahtu, all these people, if the Member would choose, if that is what the Member is requesting. That is not what I requested. I had requested the boards and agencies of the Government of the Northwest Territories. My question was, would that motion be entailing them to disclose their salary dollars as asked in the motion? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would have to look back to that motion to clarify whether or not it included those boards and agencies but the Members, Mr. Picco and Mr. Ootes, will be pleased to hear that we will be giving a statement on this, declaring these wages next week in this House. So then they will be able to take full credit for it. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the notice of motion and I have a copy of it right here in my hand, of May 8, 1996, was to disclose the contracts and tenders and so on that are entered into by the government and then if the government would consider introducing legislation that would require a public disclosure of salaries of $100,000. That was the motion. I wonder if the Minister in his response just now, is referring to this motion or is he referring to an earlier motion on accounts of the government? Thank you.