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

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we will work with the Member to set out the scope of work that he feels is required to finalize the report and we will continue to keep him advised accordingly. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The question is directed to the Minister responsible for Transportation, Mr. Steen. The Chair is having a bit of difficulty with it because you are quoting from a document that I am not sure whether the honourable Minister has. If the honourable Minister knows about the subject, perhaps you may wish to respond. Minister Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not clear which document he is quoting from either so I will take the question as notice.

Thank you. The honourable Minister has taken the question as notice.

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Minister Steen, the Chair thought he heard you were taking this question as notice. Are you taking the question as notice?

That is correct, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. The question has been taken as notice. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Deh Cho, Mr. McLeod.

Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs a question along the same lines as my colleague, Mr. Lafferty, regarding arenas. I wanted to ask the Minister if he could tell me, according to the standards and criteria, what population size does a community have to be to be eligible for an arena? 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. I believe the question was how large do the communities have to be. I do not think there are any specific requirements. It varies from population to population. I think the dimensions of the rink is determined by population size. Thank you.

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

Mr. Speaker, I am not clear on the Minister's answer. He said it varies by population to population. Does that mean all the communities in the Northwest Territories are eligible for arenas? That is my next question for the Minister.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I hope I did not give the wrong impression, although I think there has been a past practice where arenas were allocated to the communities, but again it varies from ice surface sizes. That was the purpose of my answer. Thank you.

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

Mr. Speaker, the Minister is making me use all of my supplementary questions up but I am asking him if, by his answer, does he mean that all the communities of the North qualify for arenas? That was my question and he stated it varies from population to population.

I ask again, what is the criteria for an arena? If he is saying it is population by population, does that mean that everyone qualifies?

The question is, do all communities...Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will clarify my point. Mr. Speaker, previously we allocated arenas based on population and community sizes. I believe that practice has now ceased and we will have to re-evaluate the overall process. I am going to try to get the proper answer back to the Member.

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