Thank you. We got the question. Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have an agreement with Sport North, who really looks after sports across the Northwest Territories for the government. We will continue to communicate with that specific organization to see if we can continue to support major events such as Super Soccer or other sporting competitions across the North. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Allen. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question this afternoon is for the Minister responsible for Finance and it is a follow up to questions my colleague, the Member for Deh Cho, had regarding the Transportation Infrastructure Plan. It is a plan, Mr. Speaker, that has garnered broad, positive support across the North.

We are looking at bringing the terms and conditions into legislation in June with the potential implementation in October. In the meantime, Mr. Speaker, industry in the North needs to plan and we are looking for more details. My question for the Minister is, can he advise the House when essential details will be released to users of the highway system so they can plan accordingly? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for Finance, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, I cannot give a specific time of when we would have the information available, but I would hope that within the next couple of months we will have information that can be shared with the standing committees. We would want to be consulting with all the stakeholders well before it is introduced as legislation. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Mr. Speaker, I think industry is on reasonably good ground in asking for more information than has been exchanged in this Assembly on some of the rates and terms that this government is thinking of. Can the Minister assure this House that there will be consultation with major users of the highway system, major customers? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for Finance, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, yes, I can assure the House that there will be as much consultation as possible with the users as we prepare the toll structure. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister again, given that we have an October implementation, that is not many months from now and customers may be looking at a significant impact on their freight bills and need some time for planning, for cash flow, for the impact on their business, will the Minister look at releasing some information as early as possible to give businesses some sense of the magnitude of what is coming down the pipe? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Finance, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, yes, as soon as our Appropriations Act is finalized, approved and our staff has time, we will get back to work on the toll structure. They have been doing some work already. I would like to talk with the chairs of the appropriate standing committees and work out a schedule for them. I assure you we will give the trucking industry, the users or producers as much notice as we can on what is being proposed. Thank you.

Merci, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question at this time will be directed to the Minister responsible for Public Works and Services. Mr. Speaker, yesterday during committee of the whole when we were reviewing the budget and reviewing the Department of Public Works and Services, in questions to the fee increases, the Minister stated he would be tabling the fee increases that would come out as a result of the budgeted increases or the fee increases. I would like to know, is the Minister prepared to table that document today?

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Public Works and Services, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, no, I will not be tabling those particular documents today. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Steen. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can he say why he will not be? We have included the total figures for increases in the area of $187,000 and he even mentioned them in his opening comments to this department. So why can he not table the specifics? Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Public Works and Services, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I find myself basically in the same situation I was with the regulations regarding fee increases for Transportation. However, the legislation for the fee increases for Transportation was in fact signed off by the Commissioner. This particular legislation is not signed off by the Commissioner. I do not have the authority to table it. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Steen. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.