Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the government encourages people to buy short-term insurance when travelling. How is Mr. Miltenberger's department communicating that encouragement? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when people fall extremely ill in the Northwest Territories, where does the department send the patients for extensive medical care? I believe it is Edmonton. Can the Minister confirm if it is in fact Edmonton? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, our unemployment rate is pretty high in the Northwest Territories and people do travel quite a bit, both by road and by airlines. Unfortunately, we do get hurt sometimes. I think it should be incumbent on this government to cover the cost of Northerners, people who are paying taxes in the Northwest Territories. Knowing that we are travelling to Edmonton and we use the facilities quite often, I would like to see if the Minister would expand the policy to include Alberta, and possibly B.C. and the Yukon, where our people travel quite often, so that it is covered.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this government's position all along has been to support a stand-alone Mackenzie Valley pipeline, taking Delta gas to markets into the existing pipeline systems in Alberta. That has always been our position. With the Delta Producers and the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Corporation's proposal of moving ahead and developing a proposal, it is right in line with what we have been supporting all along.

The over-the-top, taking Alaska gas, is somewhat out of our hands. I understand there is a process in the United States in trying to come to grips on how they are going to deal with that issue. The feasibility of taking Alaska gas, which we were told is very expensive, and that some of the key components, three of them in the Alaskan north, in Prudhoe Bay, one of them is BP, British Petroleum, as well as Exxon Mobil. They have pulled out of any immediate move to build a new pipeline at this point in time. The third member there is Phillips. This is the information we received.

From the three big producers in northern Alaska, two of them had more or less stepped back from any initiative at this point. Then there is the whole debate of energy that is going on in the U.S. For us, being Canadians, we are trying to keep an eye on it. The indication there is that they still have a long way to go, but what we have now formulated, which is more realistic for us, is this Delta Producers Gas initiating a pipeline down the valley. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the Government of the Northwest Territories, we are not playing any immediate role in this initiative. What we are saying is the industry will have to determine for themselves which pipeline is going to proceed, based on the commercial viability of it. We are more or less playing a supportive role. It is really up to the producer groups and the Aboriginal Pipeline Group to move this initiative forward.

Of course, we are very supportive of helping the aboriginal people in the Mackenzie Valley, who have equity in the pipeline one way or the other. At this point in time, we are and have been up-front. Our Premier and Finance Minister and myself have attended different oil and gas conferences in the past. We have met with our federal counterparts. We are trying to move this support by playing those kinds of roles. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, no, the full allotment was not taken up last year. Thank you.