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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in laying out the time frame for responding to the Cuff report, we have certainly taken into consideration the comments of Members who say that the time for consultation is past. There have been many reviews and many questions asked, and that they would like us now to take action. Action will tentatively revolve around the recommendations contained in the report.

Mr. Speaker, there is no intent on the part of the department to preclude anyone or cut anyone off from making comments on the recommendations as they will appear. I think anyone who considers the recommendations to be a priority will have time in the month following the release of the report to respond. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, let me ask the Minister, if the community of Fort Smith, for example, were to write to the Minister within the next day, or if I as an MLA were to write to the Minister and say once this report is tabled and released, I would like your officials to come to the community to meet with the people to go over it, the same as was done by Mr. Robertson with his study on power and hydro, would the Minister commit to that? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we as a department work very closely with the regional community health boards and certainly any time there is a request for communications, dialogue or support in any manner, we do consider those requests. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister clarify? She said "consider". She did not say yes. She did not say no. She said they would consider. Consider is a word that can cover a multitude of sins, as we well know. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member posed a hypothetical question. He is saying if the Fort Smith health and social services board were to request, would I ensure that someone could come and report or speak with the community. That is a hypothetical question and I said yes, we would. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Minister, that is your answer. Final supplementary, Mr. Miltenberger, a short supplementary.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister indicate how she intends, given this tight time frame, to tie in the outcome of the Social Agenda Conference, the regional reorganization of government work that is being done, the issue of community service boards that has been raised in this House by myself and my colleague, Mr. Nitah, given once again the haste and tight timeframes? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I cannot prejudge what the discussion may be at the Social Agenda Conference. However, I would like to point out that the Cuff review does deal with some fairly specific areas of the health and social services system. It talks in the terms of reference about issues of governance, accountability, reporting mechanisms of the boards. It has a lot to do with the structure of the system. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transportation and it is with regard to the line of questioning I had last week concerning the two projects that were deferred from my riding, where the monies were put into the riding of the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake with regard to the Campbell Creek bridge. I would like to ask the Minister exactly how soon will the money be reinstated into two projects that were deferred in my riding?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the department's plan is should there be money available from other capital projects that we could redirect back to the two projects this year, we will do it this year. If not, the plan is for next year. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe the question is kind of iffy, if there is money left in the department. I would like to ask the Minister when he can assure my constituents that these two projects will be available to them? As you know, the construction season in the North is only three or four months long. To put these culverts in and to widen them, these things take place during the summer months. Can the Minister give me a general idea of how soon I can get a response back to tell my constituents that this work will be on or will be off? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I do not know if I can give the Member what he requests here, a more specific time. I am aware of timelines involved with the capital project on the Dempster.

I would just like to point out, Mr. Speaker, that the bridge project was given priority over the other two projects because there were some environmental issues involved in regard to changing this project from a culvert project, which is what it was in the past, into a full-scale bridge. We are doing this because of the concerns expressed by federal fisheries and other people.

The bridge project has received the priority of the projects on the Dempster. That is why the bridge project is going ahead. Thank you.

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