Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was going to ask a question on affirmative action but, in fact, after hearing Mr. Miltenberger's response to Mr. Nitah, I have to direct my question to the Minister of Health and Social Services instead.

Mr. Speaker, I recently had occasion to read this very complimentary editorial about the Minister of Health and Social Services in a local newspaper, extolling his disdain for reviews and studies. I would just like to ask the Minister if he could outline for us the reviews that are currently underway by his departmental staff and by his department? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are currently in the process of trying to conclude the review of seniors' benefits, the Continuing Care Strategy, work for the disabled and there is also the one to be concluded with addictions and mental health. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. How many of these reviews are being conducted by outside consultants? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, to my knowledge, none of them are.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is there not a review of information technology within the Department of Health and Social Services currently being undertaken? I believe there was a dollar value of approximately -- well, I will not get into the dollar value. Is that one that perhaps the Minister has forgotten about? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I would like to thank the Member for jogging my memory. In fact, yes, that was another outstanding contract with Sierra[SI1] Consultants. I believe it is in the quarter-of-a-million dollar range. This as well has yet to be concluded. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Final supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When the Minister says "yet to be concluded" one would deduce that he is referring to something that was initiated before his time. Are there no outside contracts, perhaps somewhere in the vicinity of $30,000, which this Minister has undertaken to procure? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are engaged across the board with the implementation of the action plan in a whole host of areas, bringing to bear whatever resources may be required, so yes, there is work being done in some areas. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River North, Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Justice and it has to do with affirmative action that we have been talking about here. I know, Mr. Speaker, that the Affirmative Action Policy is one that receives a lot of attention, in fact, from some affirmative action candidates that feel they are labelled because of this policy. I would like to know from the Minister of Justice if he could tell me how many affirmative action candidates are now employed. What percentage of employees in the Department of Justice are affirmative action candidates across the Territories? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Justice, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will provide the Member with exact statistics a little later on. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, does the department have a target for what they want to accomplish with the Affirmative Action Policy as far as the number of positions in the department they want as affirmative action candidates and what they think is achievable? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey, a couple of questions there. Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just to return back to the original question, we have approximately 188 affirmative action candidates employed in the Department of Justice. We do have an action plan, Mr. Speaker, that we are working on to look at some revisions in our employee standards. Hopefully we will be able to continue to develop that and respond back to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Delorey.