Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Also, I did speak previously about the need for translated materials and so forth to be distributed in all the health centres. I wonder if the Minister has addressed that with his departmental officials to be a subject of discussion at this meeting that took place March 15th, I believe it was, and if the Minister can assure us that the materials will be provided in the various languages. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent. It is in regard to your Minister's statement in regard to the Western Transitional Report. I would like to ask the Minister, are there any arrangements in place to take into account that there are presently self-government negotiations underway which should be completed within the next couple of years? Is there any room in regard to this human resource funding, to be considered by aboriginal organizations since they are going to be taking over public service and program deliveries as part of self-government negotiations? Are there any arrangements in this transition document to allow aboriginal groups to access this funding or training of human resource personnel?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there is no funding available at this moment. In fact, the argument the Member uses about capacity building is one of the arguments that I have used with the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development to suggest that the funds are justified. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In regard to the Beaufort Delta self-government negotiation talks which are presently underway, the final goal of those negotiations to formulate some sort of a regional body to deliver programs and services on behalf of the Inuvialuit, Gwich'in and people in the Inuvik Region, and the discussion between yourself and the federal Minister, has the subject of the self-government talks come up in those deliberations to date?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That topic has come up only in the light that the transitional supplemental report outlines, but there will be incremental costs to implement self-government. Those cannot be defined at this time. The report puts forward the premise that the federal government will have to be prepared to look at those costs when self-government negotiations are concluded. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In regard to the whole idea that is put forth in the Western Transitional Document, this is a similar arrangement that presently has been negotiated with the east in regard to the Nunavut Act, which is developing a political structure which consists of the geographic makeup of Nunavut to allow Inuit people to be trained to eventually take over government and senior positions within government. Why is this arrangement not similar in regard to allowing the west to do the same thing with the aboriginal organizations in the Western Territory?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member is referring to the Nunavut Unified Human Resource Development Strategy which is a result of the whole establishment of Nunavut as a result of the settlement of land claims and as part of the implementation of self-government in Nunavut. We are not at that same stage yet in the west, and that would be the response that I am getting from the federal government. As I have said, I am advancing the argument that the federal government has the same responsibility in the west as it has in Nunavut and that they must, therefore, consider participating in supporting this kind of training program. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I did not think there was a difference between land claims settlements in the east and land claims settlements in the west. Basically, self-government arrangements in the west are the same sort of autonomy that has been reached in the east for aboriginal groups to deliver programs and services through the self-government process. I would like to ask the Minister again, if there is, why is the west being treated differently in regard to the whole concept of the Human Resource Development Strategy and the monies that have been spent already in the west for similar arrangements? Mr. Speaker, I would like to seek unanimous consent to extend question period.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I cannot say that the federal government will treat the West any differently than Nunavut when it comes to dealing with land claims. What I did suggest is that the difference in the approach right now is because the claims have all been settled in Nunavut whereas they have not all been settled in the west. Self-government is being settled through the implementation of the act in Nunavut, whereas, self-government negotiations have not been completed for any of the aboriginal governments in the west. That is my response. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a written question to the Minister of Health and Social Services in regard to the cost for drug and alcohol treatment.

Can the Minister of Health and Social Services provide the amount of funds provided for alcohol and drug treatment to each of the communities in the western Arctic for the last two years? Thank you.