Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again I'll ask the question. How come northern manufacturers were not consulted in this process? I know the Minister spoke of contacting different boards and agencies from across the North and I'm just wondering, Mr. Speaker, can the Minister supply us with who was contacted and when they were contacted? As I see it, the northern manufacturing industry here in the Northwest Territories was not contacted. So please, Mr. Speaker, can the Minister provide us with the information on who was contacted and when they were contacted? Thank you.

Two questions. Mr. Minister.

Mr. Speaker, yes, we can provide some information, in terms of who was contacted in writing. There is also a Web site that we have available for the Housing Corporation. I also want to point out that this is a portion of our larger capital projects and the information is distributed in the same way. We have $32 million in capital projects. This is going to be around $2.3 million. We do not go around contacting every company to personally knock on their door and say, yes, we have this coming up, would you like to bid? Thank you.

Final supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know most of the gentlemen across the other side of this House have at one time or another stood up and extolled the virtues of diversifying our economy and supporting our manufacturing industry. I'd like to ask the Minister one final question and that is if he and the Premier can put together a chronology of events that lead up to this decision being made. I'd like some detail. That's the one thing that's missing in this whole equation, Mr. Speaker, is the lack of detail to the Regular Members on this side of the House and I think it's shameful. I think the Minister should provide that chronology of events at his earliest convenience. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have begun drafting a chronology of events. We'll have it prepared and provided to the Members as soon as possible. Thank you.

Item 6, oral questions. The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs this afternoon, with regard to the concept and development of an NWT-wide summer Olympic games. I'm going to ask the Minister if he can provide an update in this House as to what stage he's at. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Zoe.

Mr. Speaker, I'm not quite clear as to the question that the honourable Member is raising. An NWT-wide Olympic games? I haven't heard of anything of that sort before. Thank you.

Mr. Allen, could you clarify your question?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll acknowledge that the Minister is not aware of the concept, so I'll go on to my next question if I may be permitted. Would the Minister guide his department to work more closely with the TSOs to sanction certain qualifying meets to overcome some of the high costs of regional and territorial qualifying events? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Zoe.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes.

Supplementary, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know that's a good way to respond back to questions. I'm going to ask the Minister if he would kindly define his interpretation of what an elite athlete is at this point. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The question is out of order because you're trying to get an opinion from the Minister and I think the question should be based on trying to get information that's privy to the Minister, not an opinion. Mr. Allen.

Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Zoe.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if the honourable Member wants me to give him a definition, it's someone like the honourable Member when he was an athlete in Inuvik in skiing. Someone in that calibre. Thank you.

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Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm going to get off the topic of the BIP here and change gears a little bit.

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I'm sure that will come as some relief to the guys across the way. I want to ask the Minister responsible for the Audit Bureau a few questions and that pertains to a letter I received from them with regard to vacancies in the division. I've done a little bit more research on that, and I see that there are six vacancies in the Audit Bureau, out of 14 possible positions in that division. I'm just wondering, Mr. Speaker, if I could ask the Minister why these positions in some cases have been vacant for over 36 months. Mr. Speaker, that's three years. If they haven't been filled for three years, my concern is what's happening with the funding that's going into that division for these positions. Forty-four percent of the positions in the Audit Bureau are vacant today. Mr. Speaker, I'm asking the Minister what is happening with the funding that's going into the Audit Bureau if these positions are vacant in some cases for up to three years? Thank you.

Minister of Finance, Mr. Roland.