Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Erasmus.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Many of the seniors in the Yellowknives Dene First Nation cannot speak English. Are there translators/interpreters available at the local office here in case a senior who goes there cannot speak English?

Mr. Dent.

Thank you. Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Erasmus.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If there are currently no measures for unilingual applicants, would the Minister assure this House that he will take steps to make sure something will be put in place so that people can adequately express their concerns, put in their application forms and the rest of that? Thank you.

Mr. Dent.

Oral questions. Mr. Ootes.

Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know the Member has asked the same question a couple of times before and I have asked staff to prepare me a reply. I have not received that yet. I will have to take it again as notice. Thank you.

The question is taken as noticed. Oral questions. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will be asking the Premier some questions on his statement in the House on September 23rd, the new agenda for a new Western Territory, western governance. I also have the press release that the Aboriginal Summit responded to the Minister's statement in the House. My question to the Premier is, what documents did the Premier make available to the Aboriginal Summit so they could respond as they did in their press release? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is tough to respond to the Member's question. I do not believe the House knows about the Aboriginal Summit's press release. It is a tough question to respond to. Thank you.

The question, Mr. Morin has nothing to do with the press release. It has more to do with what documents you have. Supplementary, Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Maybe to help the Premier, all I want to know is what documents or presentations were given to the Aboriginal Summit. You committed in your statement of the 23rd that the information would be made available to the Aboriginal Summit and they would have an opportunity to respond to it. My question is, what documents were provided or what presentations were provided to the Aboriginal Summit so that they responded with their press release of September 24th? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At the beginning of this session, we had a briefing with the Western Caucus and we had documents on new western governance at that briefing with the Western Caucus that were shared with the Aboriginal Summit. As well, I did have a meeting with the Aboriginal Summit to go over the principles of the key features of a new Western Territory. We met one evening, I forget what evening that was, after that they have our statements that are made publicly in this House. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Premier for his response. The Premier referred in his response to the presentation that was made to Western Caucus, the draft of the western governance. I take it that is what the Premier is responding to. Can I ask the Premier if this document which was made available to Ordinary MLAs from Western Caucus, if this document is available for us to share with our constituents for feedback? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We did not table

that document in the Legislative Assembly as a public document through this House. Whenever we share documents with the Member of that magnitude and that importance, please share it with your constituency. I would just like to clarify as well, that document does address the government's preference of moving ahead to the creation of a new Western Territory in partnership with aboriginal governments.

We still have to work on other documents as a government as well, but we are working on a communication strategy in a package to share with all public as well. As soon as that is available, I will share that with the Members and share it with their constituency as well. Thank you.