Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to thank the Minister for that update and commend him and the department for the work they are doing along with the sporting organizations. I just have one question in terms of time frames. Could the Minister indicate the time that they are looking at? At which point there will be a document hopefully that the people can look at and discuss and provide feedback on? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Page 4-31, community development, grants and contributions, grants, total grants, $28,000. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regard to sport and recreation again, it is something that I made reference to in my statement about ensuring we do have recreation facilities in our communities so we can try to have healthy communities, but also offer residents the opportunity to participate in the different recreation activities. I think that recreation is definitely a key to the health and well-being of our communities. If we have healthy communities and healthy people, it makes it that much better in improving the lives of our residents in our communities. I feel that we have to do a lot more in that area and realize that we have fallen back in quite a few of those areas.

I would like to ask the Minister exactly how are the communities involved in developing community development plans, recreation strategies or proposals that the government looks at? Do you annually do an update of the sporting facilities that are in the communities?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to take a two-pronged approach to this. First of all, I would like to speak in terms of the sport development in the communities. We have supported the majority of municipalities in terms of having recreation directors. To supplement that, as I explained earlier, we now have regional recreation development officers in place in four regions. That will really help define the progressive work that we need to do in the communities in light of the Member's comments.

In terms of the facilities themselves, the municipalities are responsible for the upkeep and the maintenance of those facilities. If there are problems, we now have said, through the proposed change in funding, that we can step in and give them further advice as to where they may improve on the overall management of their facilities. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Krutko.

Mr. Chairman, I have a question on local recreational facilities. Should I do it on this page or under regional operations, which is coming up on the next page?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. You will probably be better off to wait until we get to the next page. Page 4-31, community development, grants and contributions, grants, total grants, $28,000. Agreed?

Total contributions, $195,000. Agreed?

Total grants and contributions, $223,000. Agreed?

Page 4-33, regional operations. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With regard to community recreation facilities, I will be tabling a petition in this House. I was hoping to do it today, but I did not have a chance to have it ready. I will probably be tabling it on Monday. I refer to a petition from Aklavik requesting they get a curling rink and that they move it on the capital planning stage. Can the Minister tell me what is in place to assist communities with local recreation and sporting programs so they could develop this infrastructure in their communities, so they are able to participate in sports such as curling at the local level without having to go to regional centres like Inuvik just to curl? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, we certainly enjoyed our trip to Aklavik to discuss their willingness to work not only with ourselves but also with other ministries to put their curling rink into the capital plan. Just to talk a bit about the concept here. They want to also include a small business entity into the curling rink so they have a method of supporting it. They talked about a small restaurant facility that would be included in the conceptual designs so they could have a dual purpose here. It is very encouraging, but the question I guess is how do we put this into the capital plan? I will ask Mr. Murray to assist me in explaining that a little further. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Murray.

Thank you, Mr. Murray. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With regard to community involvement, if there is a petition tabled in this House, how seriously do you take those petitions asking for infrastructure to be put into a community like a curling rink?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Minister.