Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned before, and I will go through them again, the consultants were asked to look at a number of issues of public interest. One is security of supply. Second is quality and reliability of service, cost of service, affordability of rates, responsiveness to client needs, adaptability to changing service conditions, and return on public investment. More specifically to the question, we did not give the consultants specific options to look at. They were given broad terms of reference. They were given some guiding questions to be considered, but we did not say, look at this option versus this option. These people are experts in the business with much more expertise than we have, and we trust that in responding to the terms of reference, they will look at any options that they feel are viable within these terms. Again, I mentioned that these terms of reference were circulated to all of the Members on September 18th. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I was aware of the criteria and issues that were to be addressed by the consultant, and it has been suggested that they had a very broad mandate, but I would assume that by now, Mr. Handley has had a chance to meet with the consultants who are doing the review, and I am certain that they have supplied him with some of the range of options they are looking at. I would assume there are things like do nothing, turn the Power Corporation into a government department, expand the mandate of the Power Corporation, privatize the Power Corporation. Can Mr. Handley confirm, in his dealings with the consultant since the time of the RFP, whether or not these are the issues they are looking at and if there are others that I have missed? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I have met with the consultants a couple of times and I am very optimistic, given the updates they have provided. At this time, as I say, they are looking at a broad range of options. I am sure the ones that the Member has mentioned have certainly crossed their minds and have entered into discussions that they have had. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Minister's knowledge, have I missed any obvious ones?

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, Mr. Handley.

To my knowledge, you probably have, yes.

Thank you, Minister Handley. Final supplementary, Mr. Bell.

Would he be willing to share the ones that I have missed with me, Mr. Speaker?

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, Mr. Handley.

No, Mr. Speaker, because I might miss some and he will think that what I have said is a complete list. So no, I will not.

Thank you, Minister Handley. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for the Deh Cho, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Minister has indicated, there are a number of communities in the North in which the Power Corporation does not operate and I represent three of those communities. However, all the communities in the North receive the power subsidy. There are many questions being asked to myself regarding the power subsidy and I would like to ask the Minister responsible for Finance whether there is a direct tie to the dividends paid from the Power Corporation to FMBS and the power subsidy that is provided to the communities. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, Mr. Handley.

Yes, Mr. Speaker, there is a direct linkage there.

Thank you, Minister Handley. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister whether the possible redesign or review of the Power Corporation will affect the subsidy? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, at this time, I do not know. We will get the study sometime at the end of November and at that time would be able to tell based on the recommendations that are made. At this time, I do not know if it will change the subsidy. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Handley. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod. No. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for North Slave, Mr. Lafferty.