Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if I understand the Member correctly, the Member is asking me if we have had consultations with the industry on the road to resources. We do not have a specific road to resources, as I have said before. All of our roads lead to resources. There is general consultation in all of our expenditures and where we direct our expenditures as well. In a sense, we do not have direct contact, direct dealings with industry as to where we are going to spend our dollars, but we do have contact with the general public and your input. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Transportation, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not aware of any correspondence we have with the mining industry for all-weather road activities. We did, through our process of developing our Highway Strategy, have consultations with them as to the routes they might favour and where they see the mining activity taking place. However, that is the only consultation or correspondence I am aware of that we have had with them. We have had other correspondence with industry and that is in regard to the Lupin winter road.

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

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Transportation, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will certainly do that. I have no problem.

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

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Transportation, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If it is possible, if it is not confidential, I will make the information available to the Member. Thank you.

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

Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment. Mr. Ootes advised the House on a number of occasions in recent weeks that a review is underway into criteria for income support payments and what is eligible to be clawed back, but I am wondering if there is really any end, Mr. Speaker, to what is going on now in the extent to which the government is clawing back income.

A constituent called and advised that she usually gets about $600 in much-needed support services, but she just got a $439 child tax credit, which she advises, Mr. Speaker, is going to be clawed back leaving her with about $160. Mr. Speaker, my question is, would the Minister release or table today the entire list of the kind of payments and revenues that income support clients have to declare in order to qualify for their next cheques? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not sure of the time frame involved in order to get that list, but I will certainly share it with the Members. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think that list should be readily available. Clients have shown it to me and it would be a benefit, I think, to all Members, the media and the public to see just what is going on there. My follow-up question, Mr. Speaker, is whether the government will, as it has done for the fuel rebate difficulty, take a situation such as child tax credits or any other lump-sum payments and give clients notice that they will have to clawback these allotments? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What I have been told is when clients do come in for income support, it is clearly outlined to the individuals what areas they will be supported in, what areas will be taken back, what areas are unearned income and considered as such, and what areas are considered as earned income. I am assured by my officials that that is made clear to clients at the time of application, Mr. Speaker.

Some clients are on a yearly basis if they are permanently required to be on income support. Other clients may be from time to time, in cases where they are in need. So they are, on an ongoing basis, informed. Those clients who are on a continued basis may receive cheques automatically, Mr. Speaker, but at the time of application they are informed about the conditions and the circumstances of provision of support in the income support area. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Mr. Speaker, I am one Member who is entirely supportive of the need for the department to spell these things out clearly, for clients to understand that the program is designed to fulfill a certain need. It does so and here is how the rules work. The issue -- and I would reiterate my earlier question -- is in events when there are large payments that would normally be deducted and would cause great inconvenience on a month to month basis. Will the department give notice? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.