Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the department currently has a contract with Alberta Bosco Homes for access to up to ten beds. There are assessment beds and also treatment beds. I would be pleased to provide the Member with an additional package of information on this resource which we use. I also want to assure the Member that the contract is reviewed and monitored regularly, including individual case audits and general site visits by both boards and staff from the department. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will look forward to receiving further information. In my final question, I would like to ask, in light of the distressing way that this case has been handled in terms of the information flowing back and forth, will the government be reviewing that contract with Bosco and taking steps to have these children removed and returned to the NWT? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since Member Braden has brought this concern to our attention, people within the department have agreed to undertake to check into the circumstances around some of the concerns that have been raised to determine the details so that we can be satisfied that this in fact is an appropriate placement. 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 Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, the deadline for responses to the Cuff recommendations has been extended. Thank you.

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

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the deadline is now August 15th. Thank you.

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

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we felt that the consultation that took place prior to the recommendations being put forward by Mr. Cuff and associates was fairly extensive. We had also asked this firm to consider the fairly expansive amount of material which had been previously collected through public consultation, through the Minister's Forum on Health and through the Med-Emerg report, so that they would not be starting from ground zero.

In addition to the 300 people who were interviewed by Mr. Cuff and his associates for this particular report, a lot of prior work in consultation was taken into consideration. Certainly we do not want to restrict people from having input. I believe we have heard back from at least four of the assemblies that have been scheduled over the summer that have already taken place, through motions and responses from them.

Other regions have contracted people to put together comprehensive responses for them. We have met with and heard from board chairs and CEOs. I think that the quality of feedback -- there have been community visits. I am planning to visit Fort Smith, I believe, on August 1st to meet with their board and community leaders. I think the quality and extent of post-report release has been fairly extensive. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the report is entitled It's Time to Act, and I believe that, as I have already stated and I do not want to be repetitive, but there has been quite an extensive amount of consultation. Many of the 300 people who were consulted were representative of other larger groups. I would say that their comments would be representative of people that they would either be elected or appointed to speak on behalf of.

For example, Mr. Nitah raises the issue of MLAs. MLAs were interviewed by Mr. Cuff and his associates. I think it would be safe to say that MLAs would have a good understanding of health and social services issues in their regions. It actually was fairly good quality input. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have some questions for Minister Steen, the Minister of Transportation, about tolls, taxes, those kinds of things. Specifically, the proposed highway truck toll and his response today. He indicated that the information package that he had developed would allow a person to work out the amount of the highway permit fee for any kind of truck carrying a load between any two points in the territorial public highway system.

This may in fact be the case, but I think what residents are interested in is a manner that they might be able to figure out what a certain pound of goods is going to cost them coming from the south and arriving at a certain destination, for instance, building materials coming from Edmonton and landing in Yellowknife. Unfortunately, the Minister could not tell us that because it entirely depends on what kind of truck they might arrive on.

Mr. Speaker, I am wondering if the Minister can give us some sort of response as to why there is not some sort of ability to figure out, on a per pound basis, what kind of impact the toll will have. Thank you.

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