The Minister of Finance, Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My understanding of this particular issue was the Department of Justice was reviewing the young offenders' needs across the territories and trying to analyze where in fact they should have an overall plan for young offenders in Hay River as well as Inuvik. Some other areas were being considered. If my colleague is asking has this project been approved for Hay River or is that the question she is asking in a P3 that would be if she asked a direct question?

Mrs. Groenewegen.

Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My understanding talking to Mr. Arlooktoo is, there is going to be a continuation of the young offenders' facility in Hay River. The Department of Justice is looking at an extension of that program both in Hay River and other communities. That decision will be made shortly with respect to that. If these projects are deemed to be P3 projects that meet the criteria we have set, then we would move as quickly as we can to get them out to RFQ and RFP so we can get these facilities into place in the coming years. Thank you.

Oral questions. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Mr. Todd.

Mr. Speaker, yes, that project is still on the shortlist. Yes.

Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you. To your question, Mr. Todd.

Mr. Speaker, there is an effort being made by the Department of Justice to bring some conclusion to the requirements for young offenders' facilities in the Northwest Territories and the intention is to try to move as quickly as we can in the coming weeks. Thank you.

Oral questions. Mr. O'Brien.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the minister responsible for division, Mr. Arlooktoo. Last week, there were some questions regarding the amount of services that would be contracted out regarding Nunavut. My question to the Minister is, can the Minister tell us in reference, I know we do not have the amount of service or the dollar amount, but how this contract would be done. Would outside provinces or regions have an opportunity to bid on this work? Thank you.

The Minister responsible for Nunavut Transition Planning, Mr. Arlooktoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My understanding is in the next six weeks leading up to the Nunavut Leaders meeting that the bureaucracies of the GNWT and the new Nunavut government are working on an assessment of what capacity the Nunavut government will have. Lists will be made available at the Nunavut Leaders meeting and shared with those concerned. It will be up to the Interim Commissioner's office to decide whether it will be the GNWT that does some particular work. Whether it will be other governments like Manitoba, Alberta, Quebec and Ontario who already do some contract work at this time and/or whether private businesses will be asked to bid on the work, so it is really up to the Interim Commissioner's Office, at this point and in six weeks' time. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Rabesca.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to address my question to the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. I recently received a copy of a letter directed to the Minister from the Rae Lakes chief. The chief is expressing his concern regarding response time for attacking any fires. He went on to say that it seems the department only fights fire when it has increased in size, when it could be cheaper to fight it when it is very small. My question is, why not attack when the fires are smaller and it is cheaper to fight? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Kakfwi.

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