Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could the Premier provide a list of the boards and agencies who will have members who may be residing in the opposite territory or in southern Canada come April 1, 1999? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will be happy to share that information with the Members once the Division Secretariat has reviewed it to find out how these boards will be established and which new boards will be established, and then I will pass that information on to the Member. Thank you.

Oral questions. Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in a press release by the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs concerning the Keewatin Pilot Project, the Kivalliq leadership was calling on the Department of MACA to provide a coordinator position to assist them in the process of the Keewatin Pilot Project formulation so they could facilitate it further along. I am wondering if that position, which is being identified by the Keewatin leaders would that be an internal position or someone from their own staff or are they going to hire an outside person? Are they going to dedicate new funds for hiring that person? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Ms. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just received the resolution a few days ago. We are just considering the position right now, so I cannot give a definite answer at this time. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I had the opportunity, along with Mr. Erasmus, to attend part of the meetings on the 26th and 27th of May here in Yellowknife. I am wondering, at the outset of the meeting, there was some discussion with concerns raised by myself and some other Members of this House and also by NTI. I wonder if the Minister could update us, at this time, if those concerns raised by the president of NTI and some of the other participants at the meeting were laid to rest and, indeed, have been dealt with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Ms. Thompson.

I am sure the comments were made at the meeting. I was not there all of the time. It was a time for everybody to say whatever they liked, and I am sure everybody just did that, and their concerns were addressed at the meeting, all the parties. Thank you.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, are there still some concerns then, from other groups, other vested interests in the Nunavut settlement region to the Keewatin Pilot Project as presented? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I will rule the question out of order. I would like to tell the Member from Iqaluit that the Member started with a question regarding a position, whether it was internal. He then went into a different item and again to a different item. They are all new questions, so I must rule those questions out of order. Oral questions. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister responsible for the Aurora Fund, Mr. Todd. It is my understanding, Mr. Speaker, that both of the Aurora Funds have been fully subscribed. Can the Minister give us an update on if these funds have been reloaned out to northern businesses or at what stage they are at? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Minister of Finance, Mr. Todd.

Mr. Speaker, my honourable colleague is correct that both the Aurora Fund I and Aurora Fund II have been fully subscribed. I will not go through a dissertation of what fully subscribed means and my definition of it because I tried that before with Mr. Ootes. I am sure Mr. Henry understands fully what I said at the time. The Aurora Fund is currently sitting with, I think, somewhere around $6 million or $7 million. As the applications come forward, the management team, which is an external team outside of the territories, provides their recommendations to the board of directors and we approve these loans. That is kind of where it sits right now. Thank you.

Oral questions. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was a little short on information. It is not normally like the Minister. Can the Minister help us out by telling us how much the funds were subscribed for? How much money has been lent out to northern businesses? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Todd.

You know that old saying, Mr. Speaker, once bitten, twice shy. I want to make sure I give my honourable colleague a full dissertation on the Aurora Fund because, if you remember, the last fiasco with respect to...I will provide, Mr. Speaker, my honourable colleague over here with a full detailed presentation on the Aurora Fund status with respect to where the fund sits, how much we have in escrow and if he requires, to whom the loans go to. I would be only too happy to do that as well. Thank you.

Thank you. Point of order. Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the inference by the honourable Minister of Finance when he was responding to the Honourable Mr. Henry was that this Member was not honourable. He said this honourable Member. That was the inference. My point of order, Mr. Speaker, is that if there is anyone who is honourable in this House, it is myself.