Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly my department does work with the Standing Committee on Social Programs, but I realize that not all Members have a chance to participate on that committee. If Members have a particular interest in this area and would like to have an opportunity for input, we are more than happy to receive that. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam 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 Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in response to some of the questions that have been raised by the terms of reference for the review that we are undertaking right now, we have an opportunity to address things such as the equity and distribution of services throughout our communities.

Also, through the Canada Health and Social Transfer, there is a strong commitment in that agreement towards primary care reform. I believe that is encompassed in the kinds of suggestions that have been made to us by the Dogrib Community Services Board through their correspondence that Mr. Lafferty refers to. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, as we move along in the direction of primary care reform, it will be necessary to ensure that the competency levels at the community level are available and training is made available to enhance those. Certainly in the area of lay dispensers and community health representatives, in those two areas particularly, we will be looking at ensuring that we have the capacity to train Northerners to do that work. Thank you.

Merci, Madam Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If I could also respond to Mr. Lafferty's last question, I would like to tell him that the Department of Health and Social Services has entered into a contribution agreement with Aurora College to review and renew the training curriculum for health representatives over the coming year. That is a little more specific to Mr. Lafferty's question.

With response to working with the Dogrib Community Services Board to ensure a higher level of service for the outlying smaller communities, yes, we will certainly be doing that through the review process that we are undertaking now. I would also hope that Mr. Lafferty will have a chance in the next couple of days to speak with a member of the review team so that these kinds of diversity of needs of different regions will be brought to light and reflected in the results of the review. Thank you.

Merci, Madam Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is for Roger Allen, the Minister responsible for Youth. I have decided that I am going to ask him this question every budget session until we start to hear the answers we want to hear. We are almost through the budget. We have looked at all the departments. We have not quite gotten to the Department of Youth. I would like to ask the Minister for Youth, what is his budget this year? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for Youth, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can inform the Member that we are working very closely with the Department of the Executive. They assured us as recently as last weekend that we should be entitled to a small budget at the end of this month, this current fiscal year, in the amount of $30,000. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Allen. Supplementary, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In future years then, will this be coming forward as presentation in the mains? This will be an amount of money to the base in the future? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for Youth, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I can inform the Member that we are putting together a comprehensive proposal to ensure that there is a Youth budget in the next main estimates. Thank you.

Merci, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Bell.

Thank you. I am wondering if the Minister can speak to the Child and Youth Strategy the government is working on and let us know exactly where that is. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister responsible for Youth, Mr. Allen.