Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess my point is that the Minister and the deputy minister and the government might be meeting with Sport North and my understanding is that Sport North is involved in the process because they would rather be at the table than not. My problem is that the department is not listening to their concerns about this structuring board and many others issues they have. So would the Minister have not just a meeting with them, but listen to them about what they are saying? They have a major serious concern about this board governance and sports and recreation policy. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there are two ways to resolve this thing. I have said this today. The department has indicated to Sport North that we are willing to meet with them and have them specifically address to us, clarify to us, what it is that they have concerns with and secondly, possibly put together a new meeting of all sports organizations and board members and meet again with Sport North. But let's keep one thing in mind: Sport North is supposed to be a federation representing 27 sports organizations. Who's left if it's all those organizations saying that they don't want this board? Who is saying they want the board? If you reverse it, who is Sport North speaking for when they say they don't want this board? That's what I have to have clear, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I caught this debate on television. I, for one, have to speak in favour of the Minister's endeavour here. I think it's about time we start embracing all our communities to formulate a system that is there for everyone. You don't have a system specifically through Sport North where a lot of their administration is done through the larger centres. We see it when it comes to sporting activities like the Arctic Winter Games and summer games. A lot of communities don't take part or are not participating because they don't have either the ability or don't have the qualifications to compete because they don't have a mechanism to deal with it. I would like to ask the Minister where do the Aboriginal Sport Circle and the regional sporting bodies fit with regard to the new structure that you are looking at?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the aboriginal sports organization was formed and funded afterwards by Sport North. It was under the recommendation from the previous Ministers that Sport North fund aboriginal sports. They are doing that right now. It's more to address certain types of aboriginal sports that were not included before. So in the formation of the new board, aboriginal sports is included.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister, by encompassing a single sporting body, what's the connection to the sporting body in the regional centres and larger centres and how do they connect to the smaller communities like Holman Island and Tsiigehtchic or Colville Lake? How do the smaller communities participate in the structure you are looking at?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Most of the sports activities are generated through, as the Member well knows, the community recreation office at the community level. They, in turn, belong to either the regional or territorial sports and recreation body. Normally it's a regional sports body. In the Delta, there's a sports and recreation group and I believe in the Sahtu as well. I believe that the goal is to put all these efforts into one board, so that everybody can feel represented in taking part in decision-making as to the allocation of the lottery fund that presently is administered by Sport North.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think it is about time that we started to rebalance the powers of the territory and ensure that everybody is encompassed with regard to the decision-making process. Sport is probably one of the most important aspects of not only the development of a young child, but also the mental and physical development of the people in our communities. I, for one, feel that that is an area we can build on. So the funding that is presently allocated, do you have any breakdown or analysis of where the funds have gone in the past and how this funding system is going to benefit everyone in the Territories where previously it wasn't?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I commit to bring to the House a breakdown of where Sport North funding goes on a year-by-year basis and that will truly indicate what organizations are receiving it and which ones don't.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with regard to the lottery funds, presently there is a process of how you allocate those funds and in the past, they've been allocated to the NWT ski organization. Is there a mechanism that is now going to allow for other organizations to have access to lottery funds which presently they don't?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe that those people that support the formation of this new board are hoping that the specific concerns brought up by the Member would be addressed through the representation on this sports board by all groups, first at the regional level and then brought up to the sports board level.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for North Slave, Mr. Lafferty.

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

Mr. Speaker, we have not identified exactly where this $5 million would come from. We've asked departments to be prudent in their spending and at the same time as they carry out their plans for the year and identify any savings, we will keep an account of the impact it will have on all of our residents in the Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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