Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have only been here a month or five weeks or whatever it is. I have not had an opportunity to meet with the Minister of Finance. I think it is very important, before we jump into these things, that we be organized and know what it is and how we are proposing to do it. No, I have not had any discussions with the Minister of Finance on the formula.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister responsible for Youth. I would just like to say that I would like to applaud the government for having a youth portfolio. I think that this is something that is very important, and it is nice to see the government go in this direction. Can the Minister tell me what the budget for the portfolio of youth is? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for Youth, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is a very difficult question but a very simple answer. To put it bluntly, we have zero dollars at this moment. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Allen. Supplementary, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is disappointing. I know that there are various programs scattered across government that involves youth. I am wondering if the Minister would have some approach for consolidating some of these programs under the portfolio? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for Youth, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe there is a preamble to my answer here in the fact that all the Ministers sitting at this table here have been so busy with their portfolios that we have not had a chance to meet amongst one another to determine what are the funds that are available from each respective department. I have tried to undertake the ambition here to put together a plan here where we can draw funds from each department to address several of the youth initiatives that I have been questioned about. So I am at that point there, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the Minister for looking into this, and I am wondering if he can give me his commitment that he will make this a top priority and work to make sure that youth is a priority and a priority quickly. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The Minister responsible for Youth, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we will endeavor to undertake all the possibilities here to address the concerns of our youth portfolio. It is very important, as we heard this afternoon, that Members had spoken out in support of sports, recreation, and now the youth issues. I want to endeavor to appease the Member's question. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Allen. Final supplementary, Mr. Bell. Item 6, oral questions. The Member for North Slave, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will speak slowly for the benefit of translation that may occur for the benefit of Mr. Lafferty's constituents. Mr. Speaker, in his Member's statement today, Mr. Lafferty expressed a vision for his region in terms of a facility in which many different program relating to the health and social services of the Dogrib people could be addressed. Certainly, that is a very commendable goal.

He referred to access to health and social services, access to physician services, addictions treatment, and various other things that could be delivered at that level. The Dogirb Community Services Board is a unique model of governance in this area. Certainly, the Dogrib people are taking a very proactive approach to these issues.

Mr. Speaker, the availability of capital dollars for infrastructure such as a building are very scarce. We have, over the past four years at least, a decline in the amount of capital dollars available for projects in general. Having said that, I want to encourage the Member for North Slave to continue to work with us as we look at options for sources of funding that may be available for such a project. At this time, I would not be able to say there would be capital dollars available for such a facility. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Item 6, oral questions. The Member for Inuvik Boot Lakes, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Kakfwi.

I would like to know if the department has a broad policy in the area of non-renewable resources, and who would be in charge of that? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will take the question as notice. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Kakfwi. The question has been taken as notice. Item 6, oral questions. Item 7, written questions. Item 8, returns to written questions. Item 9, replies to opening address. Item 10, petitions. Item 11, reports of standing and special committees. Item 12, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Minister, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a few items I would like to table today.

I wish to table the Business Development Fund Annual Report April 1, 1998 to March 31, 1999.