Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I am aware that there is a policy in place. This policy again is consistent with the government-wide policy. If workmanship is not complete, there is no payment. There is also, I think, a policy where there are certain levels of holdbacks. I believe that is in place at the moment. Thank you.

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

Thank you. I would like to ask the Minister if there is a process in place to ensure the contractors are qualified to undertake the construction of new homes or repairs. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, there is a government-wide policy that requires all contractors to meet certain conditions. We have been working on trying to improve the policy to ensure that those contractors are fulfilling their obligations. We will continue to work to improve that policy and continue to enforce it. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Allen. Final supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister if he could tell us if there is a problem in this area of inspections and quality of workmanship and if that is an area that is on an increase or decrease.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation, Mr. Allen. It is a difficult question to answer, but you can if you wish.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to speak perhaps on a technical side of things. Yes, indeed we do intermittent or periodic inspections conducted by our senior staff in the field. They are the ones who submit approvals for payment. We will ensure that there is follow-up to this question and reply back to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Allen. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The question will be directed to the Acting Minister of Health, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister tell me, has the department done anything in regard to the public inquiry itself through those recommendations? You touched on the Fanning report recommendations, which are the 26 recommendations that were made. Those ones have time lines, but there were also recommendations made through the public inquiry that was held in Inuvik. I would like to ask the Minister, has the department followed up on those recommendations?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The acting Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Antoine. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the issue of the Minister, knowing he is new to the job. I think it is important that we move on this issue, so with that, Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister to ensure that he is able to respond back, hopefully prior to the adjournment of this House, not only to myself but to the family affected, so we can see that there has been something done in the way of movement on these issues and that the recommendations are being acted upon.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The acting Minister, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe the Minister mentioned several areas: monitoring, training, ensuring there are case files in place to follow the different members and also awareness. I believe, Mr. Speaker, a slogan without action is just a slogan. I think we need action on this one. I would like to ensure from the Minister that action is being taken and that we do more than just mention what they are looking at but see exactly what they are doing to ensure that these things are being carried out.