Thank you, Mr. Steen. Supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have heard from representatives of the trucking industry who say that they have trailers with triple axles because many of the loads they are required to carry require that configuration. They often ship those trailers up north with far less than what the maximum load in that trailer would be, simply because it is way cheaper to maintain one trailer than to have two different types of trailers to pull behind the same rig.

He still has not answered the question. Can the Minister tell us how much extra would it cost in administration to weigh each truck and use the actual weight for the tolls?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that is a very good question the Member has and I do not have the information at hand to compare one versus the other. I will assure the Member I will get that information to him.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Minister's offer to get that. One other problem that we have is that during many times of the year we have reduced weight limits because of ice crossings. We are often, again, faced with situations where trucks are coming up only partly full because of those weight restrictions.

Will the Minister tell me how he would plan to address that problem with trucking firms, which we may have for two or three months that the reduced weight limits are on?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not think the department, at this time, has the final plan in place as to exactly how we are going to do this. What we do is we put out this information package to the trucking companies, to the general public, and we are open to suggestions and changes to the initial plan, if you may, that would best suit the public and obtain what we are trying to accomplish here.

There is room for change if, in fact, there is going to have to be some formal way of recognizing the reduced weights at certain times of the year. We are going to have to take that into consideration. That is the type of stuff we are open to suggestions on.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Final supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I know the trucking industry is also concerned about the minimum loads. They feel we should not be encouraging numerous smaller trucks to get on the highway to compete with them. Is that another area that the Minister will consider in this period of consultation? Will he consider saying that all commercial loads will pay a toll on our highways?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, the department will consider all proposals and all suggestions. Thank you.

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

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that was an internal review, but I would be most pleased to table that particular report.

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you so much for that reply. I was wondering, in the review process, is there some regular review mechanism which will be undertaken to look at costs and allowances as they change, so that changes can be implemented as market conditions prevail? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member is correct. We did put in some significant money again in this particular program to ensure that we improve the ability of those on income support to sustain themselves. I believe it was a good move on our part to do that at this particular time. I have also previously indicated that we are moving more towards an annual review of this situation. I am not sure that we are going to have an intensive documented review as much as a review to look at the food scales in the communities and so forth, because that was the area we increased.

I recently met with the NGOs here in Yellowknife who expressed some concern to me about areas that they felt could be looked at, and we formed an informal committee, I suppose, to ensure that we are informed as a department on the specific issues that are popping up from time to time, so that we get some feedback. That particular informal committee will continue to meet on a consistent basis. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, it is welcome news that the department and organizations representing these clients and these people are working more and better together. My final question is the rather troublesome area of clawbacks. I wanted to ask the Minister what the status is today of clawbacks of GST rebates and of impact and benefit payments that are made to First Nations recipients? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. It sounded like there was more than one question but, Mr. Ootes, you may answer that.

Mr. Speaker, can I choose which one I wish to answer? I will answer both. Mr. Speaker, the issue of impact benefit agreements, as we all know, was previously raised. I have met with representatives with the Dogrib First Nation to discuss this matter and we are in ongoing discussions on this matter.

With regard to the GST rebate, Mr. Speaker, we are not clawing that back.