Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question will be for the Premier. It concerns a phone call I received today from a constituent and business person who is having difficulty or did have difficulty getting the government's central telephone exchange number. Apparently the service went into effect June 1st and when this person phoned, he could not get it from NorthwesTel, nor could he get it anywhere else, from any other government official.

I made a phone call to NorthwesTel. The operator told me there is no such number. I was able to trace the fact that the contract for handling this central telephone exchange was let on June 1st and it has been operational throughout the summer. It seems to me very important. People in the public and this business person are very knowledgeable of how to access government, yet he had difficulty trying to reach a specific individual within the government.

It seems to me to be very important that people be able to know what that number is, so they can access the number. Especially in the area such as Health and Social Services, Education and so forth. The public out there does have difficulties. The concern I have with it is, where do people get the number? I am told in Public Works they have distributed it to the government offices, but not to the general public. Could the Premier tell us if he will get his officials to contact, one, NorthwesTel to ensure they have this telephone number? I have confirmed they do not have the telephone number and I know it exists. Thank you.