Thank you, Ms Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will take it upon myself to manage this question very carefully in the context of what our Premier had to say this morning, the fact that we will find a way to reconcile and resolve the process.

But just to make specific reference to the questions of yesterday and today, as the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, under the act I'm authorized to approve land development projects. It became known to me that those tenants in the Husky Trailer Court were involuntarily going to be forced to move, and there was a consultation process after which I made a decision based on some precedents. So I think the important point, Mr. Speaker, is that from this point on we will work in consultation with the Con Mine trailer court tenants under the direction of the Premier's involvement to help find solutions for everyone, and we have done that.

But if she's asking a question about my authorities, each year the Assembly approves appropriations which gives me some flexibility in how we address all housing concerns across the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't know if I should say I'm not sure if two wrongs would make a right. Mr. Speaker, my question is then am I to understand that this is the first time he used money under whatever the name of this discretionary fund is, because the Minister has yet to tell me what the name of this fund is. But whatever this fund is that he has the discretion to use the money from, could he tell me whether or not he has given any money to anyone else other than the Husky Trailer Park residents? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We continually give money to all communities, agencies, non-government organizations. There are many, many recipients of our funding, and that's done through all our program funding. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't think I need the Minister to state the obvious. The Housing Corporation gives out money to help with housing. That's not my question. I'm asking a question very specific to the money that he gave. A $10,000 cheque to 12 people in the amount of $120,000 which we have learned from the Premier's answer was under his discretion. My question is specific to that thing that he did. It hasn't to do with the rest of the budget that he has with the department and all the sundry programs that they have in the Housing Corporation. My question now is how does this discretionary fund work. Is there an upper limit to it, or is this a pot that the Minister has that he can dip into when whoever makes a noise and whoever can go and get him on their side? Is there a limit to this budget? Is it a bottomless pit, Mr. Speaker?

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Allen,

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There's no other obvious question other than it's program money. It is spent in accordance with guidelines. If we need to, we will review the program guidelines. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Your final supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm gathering from the Minister that he thinks that now that he's in trouble for having given money to Husky Trailer Park residents that if he gives consideration to Con Mine trailer park...Mr. Speaker, my question is this, a principle behind this in his statement is that he had to help his people because they were involuntarily forced to move out of these lots. So now the Minister is saying that the government will give money, $10,000 to people who have to move, but the government is not doing much for those people who can't buy lots. Does the Minister have a discretionary pot of money to help people who can't afford to buy lots in Yellowknife? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm not going to beg to differ on the Member's opinion, but I want to tell the House here that the Premier has committed to revisiting the process and I will be part of that process and I will commit to working directly with the Premier and my colleagues to ratify any outstanding concerns regarding this and other matters. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the chipseal program under the supervision of MACA has, over the summer, been implemented in five communities: Fort Good Hope, Fort McPherson, Tuktoyaktuk, Fort Providence and Fort Resolution. The work in Fort Resolution at this point was to start on September 15th and it included culvert replacement, ditch drainage and grade improvements. The work was expected to take two weeks and should have been completed by the end of September. The work in all these communities is under the supervision of DOT. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the direction from FMB to the department was to expand the program to all the non-tax-based communities, so it will expand to all communities. What we are planning to do is at the close of the season, and I believe it will be early this fall because of the type of work that we've done in the communities, we will meet with DOT and review what it cost us and also at what pace we can continue, bearing in mind that we only have $1 million a year to do this. So we will review work we can do for the next business plans after we have reviewed the progress this summer. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.