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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as a government, we have existing policies already. I think what we have to do here, Mr. Speaker, is we have to find a way to enhance the industries' employment policies and mold them into our government policies so that we can work in conjunction with industry to ensure that we are also working with industry and visa versa. They are working with us to ensure our policies are consistent, that they are user-friendly and that we are meeting the goals we are setting and they are also achieving what they are setting. Are you looking at that possibility?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, yes we are. Both RWED and ECE have been working very closely with industry on that. The best example of a very successful program was the oil rig floorhand training program we ran in Inuvik last summer, which trained people. Those people had to live up to the company's policies, the company's procedures and guidelines and at the same time, live within our guidelines and policies. That is a good example of the kind of training. I anticipate doing more and more of that with exploration companies and certainly with the pipeline companies when we get to that point. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I also believe that we have to involve the aboriginal groups in this regime, who are working on a process called resource revenue sharing. In that process, there is a section which talks about benefit agreements and exactly spells out what those benefit agreements are going to look like through legislation once they devolve to this government.

I would like to ask the Minister, do you have someone within your department working along with the aboriginal groups and the federal government to ensure that when those transfers take place, the legislation that we have will fall into place so that all our legislation we have in place right now will be consistent all the way through, so we will be able to meet the goals and objectives we set through that legislation?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Handley.

Yes, Mr. Speaker, I agree with the points by the Member and I can assure him that we do have people in RWED who are working in that direction. In particular, I will make reference to the committee of deputies, headed by my deputy minister of RWED. That committee is looking at how we fit the Gwich'in economic measures into the oil and gas training that may be happening in that area, among other things that the same committee is looking at. We continue to place a great deal of emphasis on that and certainly include the aboriginal organizations. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko, your short, final supplementary.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister touched on my second supplementary. My final supplementary was the whole economic measures section of different land claim agreements. In the Inuvialuit, you have participation agreements and in the Gwich'in and Sahtu agreements, and then in the Dogrib agreement there is an economic section. I think the government has to also ensure there is speedy legislation in place to ensure those obligations are met.

I would like to ask the Minister exactly where are we in trying to ensure that legislation is put in place so that it does fall in line with other legislation that we have?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, we are not at the point yet where we have begun drafting legislation, although I understand from Mr. McLeod that the committee has met with the Gwich'in and I believe some of the Sahtu people and have agreed to an MOU of how they are going to arrive at that point. I do not know that that MOU is finalized at this date but I know they have had those discussions. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for North Slave, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have had two meetings now with some officials from the Dogrib Nation to see how to work on the IBA issue in regard to the income support area. As a matter of fact, I have a copy of a letter that I will be distributing today -- I just signed it about an hour ago, Mr. Speaker, two hours ago, I guess now -- to suggest some possibilities of how to possibly work on resolving the issue.

We are interested in continuing discussions on this matter, Mr. Speaker. I know the Member is certainly extremely interested in ensuring that we move forward on this issue. We are, as I say, discussing this with some of the officials from the Dogrib Nation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When I looked at the document, it does restrict the distribution of that particular document, Mr. Speaker, as an internal document. I was unaware of that at the time so I could not share it openly, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if my recollection is correct, it comments on the whole issue of the impact benefit agreements versus the Income Support Program and that was the gist of the legal interpretation, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.