Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Zoe.

Mr. Chairman, I can tell the Member that it's the administration building of YCC. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Zoe. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Minister, for confirming that. My question to the Minister next is sort of alluded to in his statements here, but just for clarity for my sake, will the department be taking on a complete overview of the Planning Act under this year's work? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Zoe.

Mr. Chairman, we are planning to do a review of the Planning Act. That's on our schedule. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Zoe. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess I'll reserve detailed comments in regard to my opinion of the current Planning Act in comparison to the rest of Canada. Canada such as Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba and their Planning Act, which are much better. I'll reserve those comments until later and just confirm that the Minister will hold a full public consultation in regard to the Planning Act.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Zoe.

Yes, we will. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Zoe. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Minister. That's a very inspiring comment. It brings warmth to many constituents out there concerned with the existing Planning Act. I'm sure there will be many happy faces when they hear that. Then again, maybe not many happy faces after the results.

Just one last comment and then even I will yell for detail. I just want to pass a comment along in regard to the $495,000 being spent for forced growth in order to keep up with the property assessment function. Maybe not necessarily looking through a question, but just a compliment in the sense that it's good that Municipal and Community Affairs is attempting to keep up with consistent assessment updating their acts and obviously this will spill out too. Although, the fact that there will probably be more reviews. No one likes to see the tax man come to town, but consistent tax application, as far as property tax, is healthy, therefore, it avoids any shock to the system such as communities may receive when they realize that their property assessments have not been assessed on a regular basis and probably assessed unfairly in the sense of not being reasonable. When they're quickly brought up to date that puts communities in a difficult position to understand that or accept that. Therefore, political intervention is sometimes required in order to find a happy middle. Therefore, I welcome this growth because I think that will again apply fair consistency to tax-based communities which probably are a little more regular on assessment reviews. I wish to lend my support to that one specifically. Thank you, Mr. Minister, and thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Would you like to make a comment, Mr. Zoe?

Thank you. I'm glad that my colleague from Yellowknife Centre is in agreement that assessment is a critical component of Municipal and Community Affairs' function. Just another note to add to his comments. If the assessment that communities, individuals receive for their assessment role, if they're not quite satisfied or if they don't think it's right or accurate, we have three levels of appeal that they can go through. The first one is revision, the second one is to the tribunal and lastly is the courts. Those provisions are there for people, if they feel they are not treated fairly they have those three avenues they can pursue. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Zoe. General comments. Would the committee like to go into detail?

Would you turn to page 4-9, directorate, activity summary, directorate, operations expense. We'll start again. Page 4-9, directorate, operations expense, total operations expense, $3.89 million.

Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm looking for just the breakdown please of the other expenses. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Zoe.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Travel, $154,000; supplies, $90,000; purchased services, $155,000; contracts, $467,000; fees and payments, $87,000; other expenses, $250,000; computers, $110,000; total of $1.313 million. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Zoe. Ms. Lee. Thank you. Page 4-9, directorate, operations expense, total operations expense, $3.89 million.