Thank you, Mr. Dent. The honourable Premier, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is understood that we are close to elections, there are always issues about the amount of discretion Ministers have but it is provided for in our legislation or regulations. From time to time, these issues arise and it is always important to us, I think, as a government to make sure that we have procedures and policies and guidelines to direct the actions and missions taken by department officials and, as much as possible, we should strive to make sure Ministerial discretion is not used for guidelines and suffice. We will address that and ensure that it does not happen again. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Your final supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in response to questions yesterday and according to unedited Hansard on page 2625, Minister Allen talked about the program that was used in Inuvik and said that it was a program that was used to assist those who were involuntarily forced to move. Mr. Speaker, I have a number of constituents, 26 families who may be forced to move in my constituency with the closure of Con Mine. The Minister responsible for Housing has said that this program might not apply to them because it is a different situation. Will the Premier take a look to see whether or not these are the same criteria in my constituency so that my constituents could apply for the same program? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. The honourable Premier, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have taken the lead as a Premier with Ministers on the Con Mine closure in addressing the needs of the employees and the residents. I will be coordinating appropriate responses to all matters relating to this issue including the one that was raised and, of course, those residents can apply to programs that we have. The whole intent was to make sure that we respond positively to the needs that arise out of the closing of Con Mine, and the issue about the residents and the trailer owners that are on Con Mine land is a huge issue and we will try to respond as positively as possible. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member's statement I raised the issue of a potential for people not being able to qualify for the federal government grant for home energy and retrofit. As I stated, the homeowners have to have an energy guide evaluation done, and the only evaluators for this are based in Yellowknife under the offices of the Arctic Energy Alliance. I'd like to ask the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development if he would advise this House if he is aware of any energy guide evaluators based anywhere in the Northwest Territories other than Yellowknife. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The honourable Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Antoine.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in correspondence with the Arctic Energy Alliance as to why evaluators can't be sent outside of Yellowknife, the reason was given that the Arctic Energy Alliance is not funded, they don't have travel funding. It is my understanding that the Arctic Energy Alliance is represented by just about every department in this government and that surely they could come up with some money to travel to outside communities to do home evaluations so that everybody can take part in an energy program such as this. Would the Minister state why he can't have funding for that? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The honourable Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Antoine.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have heard in this House a number of times that when we have taxpayers' dollars going into it, that it has to be introduced across the territory rather than only in one place. So I hear it all the time about Hay River trying to introduce a program there and it can't be done unless it is introduced right across the Territories. Does the Minister feel that this is fair that it is only available in Yellowknife? Why wouldn't the Minister go after money to do the whole territory rather than just Yellowknife? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The honourable Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Your final supplementary, Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can I get a commitment from the Minister that he will follow up with the Arctic Energy Alliance or with Canada on this and make sure funding is put in place, so that the whole of the Territories can benefit from this program?

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The honourable Minister of RWED, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.