Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are addressed to the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, regarding her written reply and the Cuff report.

Mr. Speaker, the people in my community get the sense that the department is just going through the motions in terms of looking for legitimate feedback in terms of the Cuff report, and that the plans are already in the works to implement and carry out the recommendations.

I would like to ask the Minister, could she indicate when she expects to come forward to this House with a plan that will lay out the intention of the department? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I expect to come forward with a plan in the fall sitting of the Legislature. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one of the concerns I had was the linkage or the necessity to link the regional reorganization, the regional governance issues, with this particular report. The Minister indicates in her reply that they do not have the timing down. My question to the Minister is will, in fact, her report encompass and make the connection so that it is comprehensive between regional reorganization, regional governance, and the Cuff report? Thank you.

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

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, will the department's submission also finally address the issue of community services boards, which has been raised in this House by myself, by my colleague, Mr. Nitah, and others, and which was promised to us that it would be part of the Cuff Report, but was not? Will it be part of the department's submission in the fall? 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, one of the recommendations that is contained in the report is the possibility of community advisory councils. It would contemplate that councils such as that would be available or would be an option in every community. Whether or not that advisory council could be expanded to cover other areas of program and service delivery in the community, such as housing, justice, education, remains to be considered. However, there may be an opportunity to expand on those community councils, if that is the position that is adopted. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Your final supplementary, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can tell you that in my community, these advisory boards are not of interest to us. We are looking at meaningful community control. I would like to ask the Minister to be a little less evasive and equivocal and state clearly, will in fact that opportunity to have community control linking education, health, social services, housing, justice, through a community services board be a viable option? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is a little premature to be able to make such a commitment. We are just in the process of receiving feedback now from boards and from individuals who are interested parties, so the answer to Mr. Miltenberger's question is I do not know. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the recognition for the extra money we were able to identify to support tourism. With regard to the Plummer's Lodge at Taltheilei Narrows, which I think is the one the Member is referring to, it came to my attention that when the airport was extended a number of years ago, that they had built it out over some graves, as the Member points out.

This is certainly not something that falls within the jurisdiction of RWED. It is an issue that should be dealt with through the federal government. At that time, the land use permit would have been issued based on some sort of environmental assessment, and looking at what was there and what the risk was.

It is not an RWED issue. I am aware of it. I have brought it to the attention of DIAND and I will pursue that further. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly, Plummer's Lodge is required, like any lodge operator, to have a number of permits. The ones that are managed through RWED are essentially permits that allow them to operate a tourism establishment and to conduct fishing expeditions out of that lodge.

They also have to have a land use permit. That is the permit they would have got from the federal government when they extended their runway. There are a number of permits. The one that is in question here would be not one that is within the mandate of RWED. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.