Thank you, Mr. Minister. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it will be a combination. The intent is to partner up with the Literacy Council. The intent is to make use of home care and continuing care services that are in the communities which, in many cases, are done on a contract basis. There will be a combination, a blending of services and a blending of resources for this delivery. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Range Lake, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is for the Minister responsible for the WCB. I am just wondering if the Minister could update the House on the panel review report and what he has been working on since the release of the report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, since the report was released we have sent the report and recommendations to any stakeholders who are interested in it and are now collecting responses and their comments on the recommendations.

Some stakeholders have asked us for an extension beyond the end of February and to allow them time to get their comments in and I am going to allow them more time. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just realized that the deadline for the input was February 28th, so I was going to ask that question. I wonder if the Minister can give any idea on what the Minister is planning on doing in terms of the recommendations of the report, or is he just going to wait until he reviews what the people are saying? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think the main thing right now is to wait for all of the stakeholders to get their comments in to me. Once I have received them, and in fact as I am receiving them, I am sharing them with my colleague, Minister Ng from Nunavut, since the WCB covers both jurisdictions. He and I will need to get together shortly to review the recommendations to share our comments with the WCB board and set some direction for redrafting legislation. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe that the Minister has implemented some of the recommendations already, one of them being the operational review of the WCB. I am just wondering if the Minister could indicate his position on where he stands on the recommendations? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, no, I have not implemented any of the recommendations. There was what the WCB called an organizational review that was going on and had already started when the panel had submitted their recommendations. That organizational review is continuing on. It is an internal restructuring of WCB to begin to structure it along the Northwest Territories-Nunavut line, so there would be two different staff members each dealing with the appropriate jurisdiction. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Final supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate that the Minister wants to wait for the input from the public, but I do not suppose that he is proposing that he may not do anything depending on what the people are saying. I am just wondering if the Minister could commit to the House that whatever changes he is going to make he will do it within the life of this Assembly. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, that is my intention, to complete this during the life of this Assembly. With regard to the operational review itself, unless there is a strong recommendation otherwise, I believe that Mr. Ng and I both agree that an operational review should be undertaken soon. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River North, Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I stated earlier, the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Senior Citizens Home Repair Program has provided forgivable loans to a number of senior citizens in the Northwest Territories who meet the Housing Corporation's criteria. Could the Minister please indicate to the House how many senior citizens were provided funding through the Housing Corporation's Senior Citizens Home Repair Program for the year 2001? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The honourable Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Unfortunately I cannot provide those statistics. I will find that information out and provide it to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Allen. Supplementary, Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, could the Minister inform the House as to whether it is a policy and if all senior citizens that have qualified for home repair have had to turn over their mortgages to the Housing Corporation to get the work done? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.