Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, it won't be.

Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you. The honourable Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The relocation of the tank farm is still on as a department project. We have funding for this year of $250,000, next year is $650,000 and the following year of $400,000 and in 2006-07, $525,000, for a total of $1.325 million. The only ongoing thing right now is the discussions with the community about the preferred site. They have chosen a preferred site and Public Works, petroleum products, was to go in there on May 30th with NTCL to see if the site was adequate, in other words if it could be accessed by the barge. Of course, there were concerns whether or not power lines could be run into there and if not, what would be the alternative. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, Mr. Speaker, I can commit to that and I when I get my report back from the department, I will pass it on to the Member.

Your final supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

That's a different question. I will overrule that. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can appreciate the Member's concern. The reality is, yes, that in many communities that rely on nurses, we're going to rotating through emergency services only because there is a shortage of nurses. We are continuing to work with the nurses. We've done the legislation. We're trying to beef up nurse practitioners. We've put in money to upgrade the alcohol and drug workers -- they're called prevention workers -- and make them employees of the boards to give them benefits. We're adding some mental health workers. We're trying to, as well, improve and add to home care and supported living and continuing care in communities. We did have on the books last year, and they'll be back in the business plan this year, an additional 10 PYs for social workers to honour the third year of the Child Welfare League report. So we're doing a number of things to work with the communities. We're trying, through our integrated service delivery model, to better integrate the services we do have at the community level to improve that quality of service. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to ask the Minister, since we only get to see a doctor once a month in most of our communities, and you have to basically sign up to see the doctors, exactly what are we going to do to improve that service in our communities where there is a lack of nurses? Where do those patients go who have to see a doctor right now in those communities that have a shortage of nurses?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, very clearly the process and routing of patients and people requiring medical attention is the same. Inuvik is the point of call for people in the Inuvik region. We are adding doctors to the Sahtu, another one to Inuvik, to the Dogrib, to Deh Cho, as well to Hay River and Smith to deal with the GP issue. So we are adding, and we have added, significant resources. Filling the positions is another issue, another challenge. But the resources are there, with the new contract dollars that we signed with the GPs not that long ago, to recruit. We recognize that there is a need for GPs, that's why we've added those 10 new GPs. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, these positions are essential in our communities to ensure that we have good, preventative programs to protect the health and security of our people. It has come to my attention that because there has not been an alcohol and drug worker in Aklavik for almost two years, that is having a direct effect on other agencies in our communities, such as the Community Justice Committee. People have to apply or fit the criteria to go to an alcohol and drug program in Hay River or wherever, and they have to have some preliminary care before they can do that. They can't even get that. So I'd like to ask the Minister exactly what are we doing to provide the basic services in our communities, knowing that these key people are not even there?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm aware of the issue in Aklavik with the alcohol and drug worker. The Member has been very vigilant in bringing it to our attention. We have, I do believe, come up with a two-step approach. We have an agreement to hire an alcohol and drug worker who will work in the community of Aklavik, but will be a board employee and receive the benefits that come with being a board employee. In the meantime, as a result of our most recent conversations with the Member opposite, we are going to talk to the Inuvik Health and Social Services Authority about getting a regular presence on the alcohol and drug side into Aklavik as we work on the reclassification of the alcohol and drug position and the staffing in the coming couple of months. Thank you.