Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not have any specific details on the actual costs or assessments, but the principle is to get our regional superintendents to begin to communicate with the communities and help them work through it. We are also trying to work interdepartmentally with other departments to try and buddy-up or cost share on several of the initiatives that we can. I will give an example: the community roads. People may want to work with the Department of Transportation when they are doing some rehabilitation to roads and we will continue to keep those communities that Transportation or ourselves are in, to allow them to begin some formal discussions. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I see the direction taken, that I should communicate with the Minister responsible for Disabled Persons and also the Minister responsible for Seniors. The importance here is that yes, I am prepared to further that discussion with him and see if we can somehow help facilitate those improvements. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Your final supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If it is directed to a specific community, I am prepared to direct the staff to go in and begin the discussion process and see if they can help the community identify extraordinary funds or additional funds that would be required. Until we get to that stage, Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to continue this ongoing discussion. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to go back to my line of questioning for the Minister responsible for MACA regarding arenas. I think it is important that we get to the bottom of this, as to the status of arenas in the North. We have seen our capital planning process change in the last while. I would like to ask the Minister if he could tell me if arenas still rank in terms of priority for the communities to expect to be able to obtain an arena for their community?

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I could advise the Member that under the new government-wide planning process, the arenas no longer remain high on the priority list due to the fact that the water and sewer programs and the environmental liabilities such as sewage lagoons and fire protection are priorities over and above arenas. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the Minister for that answer. It leads to the concern that I have about the status of the arenas not being a high priority anymore. I would like to ask him if he could tell us the status of the arenas that were in the system prior to the system for capital planning changing. More specifically, what is the status of the arena as planned for Lutselk'e and the one for the Hay River Reserve? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, the arena is still in the business plans for Lutselk'e. I am not clear whether it is still in place at the Hay River Reserve, although I will not be too confident if it was not. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister if he can commit to speaking to the people in the Hay River Reserve regarding the status of their arena? I believe it was scheduled for 2004. I would like to have confirmation. I would like to ask him if he would commit to meeting with the people of the Hay River Reserve.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, since I am frequently in Hay River and the vicinity, I am more than prepared to meet with the chief and council again. Thank you.

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