Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister, he has noted that there has been a request from the widow of a deceased worker. Can the Minister tell me the number of requests that he has had, or is this the first request that has come in and we are going to get the lawyers involved? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Minister for that clarification. Has the Workers' Compensation Board checked with other jurisdictions to find out what they do, regardless of what our legislation says? Has the Workers' Compensation Board checked with other jurisdictions to find out what they do in similar circumstances? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister responsible for RWED. Mr. Minister, as you are aware, there have been many attempts in the past to look at the Business Incentive Policy as well as the Manufacturing Policy. The problem our contractors and manufactures are having in the Nunavut Territory as well as other parts of Canada, is the ability to bid successfully and to be able to succeed in getting the work. My understanding is that as of today, the door to Nunavut is shut to western business contractors. The door is shut to our manufacturers as well. My understanding is that the Nunavut Government directed contractors that were going to bring in tanks from Fibreglass North, to now bring them in from Winnipeg. Is the Minister going to be doing any more work on the Business Incentive Policy and the Manufacturing Policy? Will we see in the life of this term, in this Assembly, any more initiative from this government on the whole issue of the Manufacturing and the Business Incentive Policies? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do wish the government and the Minister the best of luck in their deliberations with the Nunavut Government. We are all politicians here and we all understand who we represent and what our constituents expect of us. I would not be holding my breath too long, Mr. Speaker, hoping that the Nunavut government would be awarding contracts to western contractors or western manufacturers at a premium price over southern manufacturers. We are no longer part of the whole Northwest Territories that did exist prior to April 1, 1999. The Minister is quite correct when he says there are two separate governments now, the Nunavut government is separate.

We have to start looking, Mr. Speaker, at our own contractors, our own manufacturers, to enable them to compete in Nunavut or the Yukon Territory and southern Canada. Will the Minister commit to taking a serious look with the private sector at our Manufacturing Policy and our Business Incentive Policy to enhance it and make it work so that it has measurable, measurable benefits to the west, and also so that it ensures that our people compete on even footing with other contractors from southern Canada and Nunavut? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the Minister for that commitment of looking at the Procurement Policy, and the Manufacturing Policy and Business Incentive Policy fitting underneath the overall Procurement Policy of the Northwest Territories' government. But, Mr. Speaker, as you are aware and the Minister is aware, as well as every other Member of this House, it is now, May 12th today. Construction season starts when the snow leaves, building season starts when the snow leaves. It is springtime, we are into our new capital commitments to the Northwest Territories, building roads, building buildings, and it does not do us a lot of good just to look at the policy, what we have to do is to do something about it.

Would you be able to, as a Minister and as this government, take action to ensure that the drainage to southern Canada ceases from the Northwest Territories? Our people are capable, more than capable of doing the work in the Northwest Territories. As well, to make sure that our manufacturers and our contractors are on an even footing when they compete with southern Canada and the new Nunavut Territory. Thank you.