Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister of Finance, Minister Handley.

Mr. Speaker, I'm sure that will continue to be a priority and if we need to do a better job on the next project than this last one, in terms of training northern people, then we'll have to figure out how to do that. I agree with the Member that as well as getting the infrastructure improved, creating jobs and training are also important objectives. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Handley. Final supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you. I don't think there was a question there. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for North Slave, Mr. Lafferty.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the $15 million is at this time spread over a 10-year period, roughly $1.5 million a year, plus whatever we'll receive based on population. Up to now we had some very preliminary discussions with the NWTAC members and I believe three or four mayors must have taken part in the discussions, but we never identified any particular communities or projects at this point in time other than trying to prioritize what services would be the most needed. It seems obvious that water and sewage programs will be a high priority right now. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Steen. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd have to refresh my memory a little bit here, but I believe that Fort Simpson was one of the mayors. The mayor of Yellowknife took part as well. I'm not sure about the other two mayors at this point, but I do know that the NWTAC office membership, administration, was involved as well. One of the things they have not identified yet is how much will go to non-tax-based and how much to tax-based. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Steen. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Municipal and Community Affairs does have an inventory of the needs for non-tax-based communities at this time. However, we don't have that for tax-based and that was one of the reasons why we were meeting with the tax-based communities was to see if they could put together an inventory of their needs and prioritize it as well. There will be consultations with the communities before we make any decisions about where this funding is going to go and that includes all tax-based. I believe one of the reasons why there may not have been as much non-tax-based representation is because Municipal and Community Affairs spends most of its funding at the present time on non-tax-based communities. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Steen. Your final supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member's quite correct. We do have a capital planning in process which we've been using and it did identify some of the municipal water and sewage needs in particular communities. In most communities that I'm aware of, anyway, the communities did come forward and put high priority on their water and sewage programs. However, they will be making a point of going to all of the communities, either through letter form or actually attending municipal meetings, and then review what the municipalities need for water and sewage. We will also have to have from the tax-based communities their inventory as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Steen. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is for the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. As he well knows, it's important for us to make sure that our economy is as diversified as possible so that we aren't at the whims of the boom and bust cycle that's solely dependable on the non-renewable resource development. I want to ask the Minister if this government, indeed his department, has a plan for ensuring that manufacturing, tourism, possibly the petro-chemical industry or other spin-offs from oil and gas are being included in this plan. Can you tell us what the plan is? Thank you.

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