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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in both the Yukon and Nunavut, the governments brought in outside drafters to work with the claimant groups to make sure that everybody was onside through the process. Why has this government not agreed to bring in outside drafters to help speed up the process? The timetable seems to be slipping. We're now a full year behind when we were expecting to see this done, and the election could overtake us before it takes place. Why will we not use outside drafters?

Thank you, Mr. Dent. The honourable Minister of RWED, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Range Lake, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Minister of Health and Social Services, and it's in regards to the Member's statement I made earlier today. Mr. Speaker, as I indicated, I understand that the Yellowknife Association of Concerned Citizens for Seniors -- YACCS -- has submitted a proposal to the Minister and had a meeting with him. I would like to know if the Minister could advise the House as to where that proposal is in his priorities and his workload. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I met with YACCS last week. They presented us formally with a completed report, which was a first step in the developing of a plan for a new facility for cognitively impaired patients, clients in the Northwest Territories. We are going to go over what was suggested. There were financing suggestions, there were program suggestions, there are technical and protection suggestions and there are land issues. So they've done a lot of work. We want to take a good at it. It will become part of the overall plan that we're going to develop to look at all the facilities we have across the Northwest Territories that provides services to long-term care, to address the issue of the cognitively impaired and Alzheimer's as the majority of facilities were not designed with that need in mind. So we're going to work on that project overall. The one issue from Yellowknife has a leg up because they've done a lot of work and we've given them $50,000 which they put to good use. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, Mr. Speaker, I believe that credit should be given where credit is due. I think that great progress has been made on this project with the help of the department's funding of $50,000 to do this study, as well as the division effort on the part of YACCS and the concerned citizens. Mr. Speaker, I do believe having had a briefing on this proposal, there is quite a timeline schedule, and if this is going to make any kind of time requirements, we need to see something in the business plan coming up in the fall. Could the Minister advise whether or not there is any possibility for this proposal to make it into the business plan this fall? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't believe we will be ready for the business plan this fall. We will be working with the YACCS to do some further environmental work that has to be done. The proposal that was done is theoretical and has lots of concepts that have to be fleshed out. There is a lot more detailed work that has to be done. We have to involve other departments. Financing, as well, is an issue. As the Member knows, the capital planning resources we have are fully subscribed to any new capital projects. We want to go on with the normal planning process, and it's going to be very difficult, so we are looking at other options as well in terms of the financing. As well, we have to do the broader planning with the whole Northwest Territories, so I can come forward to Cabinet and the Legislature with a plan that addresses the needs not only of Yellowknife, but all of the communities of the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that answer sounds dangerously close to being no. Mr. Speaker, I do believe the attraction and uniqueness of this project is that it is not to be in the capital planning process, but to use the money that the department and the Minister and the government will be spending anyway to take care of those elders who are afflicted with some form of dementia. We all know, and it's generally accepted, that keeping and holding these people suffering from Alzheimer's at a hospital is not an answer. In fact, it's a more costly exercise. So I would like to ask the Minister what he means by development work he is talking about other than the capital planning process. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I received this report less than a week ago. There is a lot of information in there, as I indicated. It's being analyzed. We are going to look at what's possible. As Minister of Health and Social Services to the Northwest Territories, I am also very aware that there are issues in this area outside of Yellowknife and I don't want to move ahead in piecemeal fashion. So the answer is not carelessly close to a no. It's recognizing the work that's done. It's recognizing the fact that I have had that document, which is nearly three-quarters of an inch thick, for less than a week and we have spent an hour getting briefed on it. We have to do some analysis on our own. We will be dealing with this issue. It is an issue that will get dealt with, not only in Yellowknife, but across the Northwest Territories.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate that the Minister has to address his mind to needs of all of the Territories, but I don't believe there is any place in the Territories with as dire a need of housing for dementia as it does in Yellowknife. May I ask the Minister to make every effort he can to see if this could make it to the business plan this fall? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we will make every effort to move this project along and address the needs in a timely way recognizing that we do appreciate...We put $50,000 into this and we are going to be putting a lot more time and effort into this process as well, but, yes, I will commit to my colleague the issue of Alzheimer's and the cognitively impaired in Yellowknife and the rest of the Northwest Territories will be dealt with.

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

Thank you, Mr. Bell. The honourable Minister of MACA, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if I understand the question correctly, I believe that what we are trying to do here is get Sport North to sit down with the department and the rest of the departments and hopefully resolve what issues have been raised up to now. I don't want to go into a whole long discussion again on it, but one thing I would like to clarify is the fact that we are not so much trying to suggest replacement of the Sport North board, but rather the new board would be making recommendations to and advising Sport North who would still be administering the programs on behalf of the department. They would be making recommendations on the disposition of the lottery funding. That would have been the main reason for establishing the board. However, there is a long list of what other things that are hoped to be accomplished by establishing the board. But it does involve for allowing for the participation and some sense of input from the smaller communities by the sports organizations into Sport North and how it administers sports and recreation and the fund in the Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.