Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The concern that was expressed by my constituent was not a question of whether liquor should be served on Sunday, that was not the question at all. Under the existing legislation, football games are allowed but nothing else. We asked that the Minister revisit that with the board.

Can the Minister indicate as to what the board's consideration of that is? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Finance, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, I communicated that to the board some time ago. I reminded them again that this is still an outstanding issue. The issue is Sunday openings for special events. The issue was raised last year. The board has committed to me that they will be discussing this matter at their next meeting on November 5th and communicating back to me. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Ms. Lee.

I will accept that the board will meet in November and I will wait for the Minister to inform me of the outcome. On the same topic, Mr. Speaker, like a lot of other issues that our constituents bring to our attention, the approach is as important as the substance. In this case, there was a great deal of delay in response to that application which was time sensitive.

Would the Minister at the same time indicate to the board that the approach and time sensitivity is important? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Finance, Mr. Handley.

Yes, Mr. Speaker, I realize it is approaching the season where we have a lot of special events happening and organizations looking possibly at special occasion permits. The meeting will be next week on November 5th and the board is very aware that it is urgent that they deal with the matter. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. 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 responsible for Education, Culture and Employment. It is in regard to the construction of the college in Inuvik to replace the existing Aurora College.

Mr. Speaker, one thing that we have seen with other colleges here in Yellowknife and Fort Smith, Thebacha College, is that they all accommodate the students by having residences for the students at the college.

Mr. Speaker, the Gwich'in and the Inuvialuit have put a proposal forth to this government to consider the opportunity of them constructing such a facility and leasing it back to this government over 20 years with a $582,000 savings to this government.

I would like to ask the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, where is this proposal at that has been submitted to you as the Minister responsible?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The February session was were we discussed the interest on the part of the Beaufort-Delta group being interested in looking at alternate ways of addressing the issue of a student residence, Mr. Speaker. We had our officials touch base and they put a proposal forward but it was found to be not acceptable financially, Mr. Speaker, at this particular time. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as we all know, the present pressures of development and the lack of accommodations in Inuvik and Yellowknife is having a major effect in attracting people not only to work for government but also trying to find accommodations for our residents.

I would like to ask the Minister, is the door still open for discussions in consideration of a proposal to look at the residence for the new college that is presently being constructed in Inuvik? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The issue of accommodation we realize was of some concern and so we addressed the need for housing in Inuvik by providing support to open up some units that had been closed for a period of time. We worked with a private developer to do that and I believe it was 18 units that were opened. I stand corrected on the exact number, but it was something like that in order to accommodate the students in Inuvik.

That was accomplished and that is in use. It also helped to relieve some of the local pressures, Mr. Speaker, for accommodation by opening up these vacant units because we turned some over for private use.

With regard to our priorities, Mr. Speaker, around accomplishing the administrative building, the college classroom building, that is proceeding with negotiations at the present time. That is where our priority is, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in most cases you do have the accommodations for residents adjacent to a college but in the case of Inuvik it is some distance from where the new college is going to be constructed.

I would like to ask the Minister again, is the possibility of constructing the residence for the students at Aurora College in Inuvik still open for discussion down the road?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The site was designed to include a residence building on the property, Mr. Speaker, and it certainly in the future would be our desire, as a department and as the college board, to have a residence building on that property some day. We would, of course, be interested in looking at that once we can look at the financial picture of this government and see if it was financially feasible. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I would like to thank the Minister for keeping our options open. I think it is crucial to any infrastructure that we are building such as a college, school or any major project that we do consider forced growth and where we are seeing ourselves go. I would like to ask the Minister, as part of the present site development that is going to take place with regard to the college in Inuvik, is there actually going to be a location set aside for such a facility in the future?

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