Mr. Speaker, when the transfer was made, I am sure there were a lot of things that were included in the amount of money that was transferred. In fact, I would think generally that the federal government transferred the amount of money they were spending on the Arctic 'A' Airports before the transfer, but I have looked into this and I am continuing to look into it.

I found out that the federal practice prior to the transfer was not to pay everybody out for two trips whether they took them or not, but rather to issue certificates or coupons for the employees to purchase travel when they actually travelled. They would have to actually travel in order to be eligible and that was what the amount of money transferred to the Government of the Northwest Territories was based on. It was not just a cheque written to everybody for two trips each year.

We did go through it and as a result of the change in the collective agreement, there was a lack of clarify on this. It went to grievance. It was heard. The chairman of that process made his decision. We are following it. Certainly we want to help the employees. We just ask them to dig up and go back to the agencies and give us some proof that they travelled and we will reimburse them. We cannot just write a cheque for everybody assuming that everybody made two trips every year because that is not the case for any government employees, I do not think, or very many. So we need some proof. I will continue to work with the Member to try to resolve this one. Thank you.