Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have asked, we're going to be spending about $1 million in incremental costs and $400,000 plus on one-time costs further to further moves. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since this has been based on the development of self-government in the area, is this cost going to be covered by the federal government because this is development in the area of self-government, is it not? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At present we are considering this a logical step in terms of program development that rationalizes the service delivery of health and social services in keeping with the direction taken with, for example, the divisional education council, with what has happened in the Deh Cho to rationalize and bring the services within the specific administration of the region. That is the approach. Should there be an opportunity down the road to get compensated for some of the costs through self-government negotiations, of course we would love to do that.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is also for the Minister of Health and Social Services and it is in regard to the establishment of the Sahtu Health Board. I support the Sahtu in their endeavors to get health closer to their communities. I would just like to ask the Minister, knowing that we have some stomach problems in the Beaufort-Delta region on how programs are delivered in the communities, are there any affects that we have seen today on the program delivery in small communities associated with the establishment of the Sahtu Health Board?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this shift on the creation of the Sahtu authority will bring decision-making closer to the people in the Sahtu. They will have the administrative and executive capacity to administer and oversee the services that are delivered in their region. There will be no negative impact or loss of capacity in this region for the delivery of services to Inuvik or the communities of Aklavik and McPherson or Tsiigehtchic or any of the other communities in the Inuvik region. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, just in regard to the Minister's answer, I would just like to ask the Minister what type of representation can we see from McPherson, Aklavik or Tsiigehtchic so that they can have a say on exactly what is going on with the Inuvik health board, which is now a smaller board, has a smaller area of authority and has supposedly a closer connection to the community? Can we see more community involvement in the day-to-day operation of the Inuvik health board from those communities?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, work is underway to in fact expand the representation for the Inuvik board, as it will exist after the Sahtu is on its own, effective April 2004, and that is to in fact get representatives from each community in the Inuvik region to sit on the health and social services authority. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister directly, there has been a call put out to ask for names to be put forth from the communities I represent, those names were put forth and they have been declined. So if you are saying that you are going to allow for more time, I'd like to ask the Minister directly, why were those people's names refused, in which they were put forth by the communities?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are going to continue with the existing board and board members until February. There is work underway in the Inuvik region with the health and social services Authority, with the Inuvialuit and the Gwich'in to look at the community representatives. They have asked for time, until February, to complete their work in this area and I have agreed to that so that it can be done appropriately and as requested by the Inuvik leadership and the leadership in the Inuvik region. Mr. Speaker, we will be moving on the names when there is consensus on the list that is proposed. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not sure which way the Minister is coming, I can't figure out which way the wind blows in this building but from one day to the next. They put out a call for nominations for community representatives to sit on the board, to get the names put forward then they turn around and say sorry, your names don't qualify, we'll wait until February. In my view, is this is a public agency and public body in the sense that it represents the people in the communities. Why aren't the communities assured that those people they put forth will be able to speak on their behalf without being dictated by the Department of Health and Social Services on who can qualify and who can't qualify? So can the Minister tell me what the qualifications are that are needed from your department to sit on the Inuvik health board?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have a list of criteria for trustees for all authorities, in which I would be happy to share with the Member. It was developed in conjunction with all the authorities, the board chairs and the senior management. We also would like to point out that we are working collaboratively with the political leadership of the Inuvik region to make sure that this process is effective and is tailored to the regional needs as much as possible. It is not the department dictating to the Inuvik region who should be sitting on the board or who should be nominated from their communities. We are going to be working with the leadership, as I indicated, to in fact make the direction they are going to provide us with the names.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for North Slave, Mr. Lafferty.