Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I see in the correspondence that there are a number of specific action items, work plan and time line that the department is working on. I could make that available to the honourable Member so he knows what the departments are doing. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Beaufort-Delta Agreement-in-Principle is approved formally for the signing of the agreement-in-principle. I was going to make a statement on it later on, either tomorrow or on Monday. However, the agreement-in-principle stage has been reached. This document has been initialled by the negotiators and has been taken to their principals. The Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs' negotiators have initialled the agreement-in-principle and it has come to Cabinet and it has been approved by Cabinet. I was going to make that announcement tomorrow or the next day.

However, this document has also gone to the other principals, being DIAND, the federal government, as well as the Gwich'in and Inuvialuit. So we are at that stage. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, I understand that the Beaufort-Delta leadership have initialled it and that the federal negotiators have also initialled it and it has gone to their principals. I do not know whether the formal approval for signing it has been done by the Beaufort- Delta or the federal government. We will find that out in time. Thank you.

Thank you. Once the agreement-in-principle has been formally signed by the three parties, then it becomes a public document. That is when we will distribute it and only then. It is a tri-partite arrangement and that is what the arrangement says for us to do. At that point in time, we will have to begin a public consultation process of sharing with the public and letting everybody know what is in it. We will then get the feedback and will proceed from there. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Finance, the Honourable Joe Handley.

Mr. Speaker, I had the opportunity to have a meeting in Rae with the Minister of MACA and the Minister of Health a week ago. During the meeting, the community was concerned about the infrastructure that was going to be put in place that was not what they needed. At the time, the department took the attitude you take it or you take the chance of losing it, because of this new way of funding that we are putting in place as a government. That was a great concern. However, after a long period of talking back and forth, it was decided that the project will be looked at again.

I have a question to the Minister. Are they going to continue with this new way of funding projects? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the Minister for that answer and just for information, this was regarding a water treatment plant. This is a health and safety concern and it was a need for the community. For the department to come and tell them take it or take the chance of losing it, what other higher priority is there? I do not see any. I am glad that the Minister gave me that answer and I would just like to ask him one more question. Can he reassure communities by maybe writing them a letter and telling them that they are looking at these projects and that it will be done in the future? Thank you.

I would also like to add that in the past, Ministers and the department did deal with communities on capital projects and they did notify them ahead of time. Maybe that practice could continue until they have finalized their plans? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.