Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Supplementary, Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With respect to the Kotaneelee Housing, some of them are in really poor condition, Mr. Speaker. At what stage would the Housing Corporation determine that the unit requires replacing, rather than retrofitting? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned, we are looking at four of those units and getting going on those this year and proceeding to the other units later on. There are some other units that have been condemned or shut down. We will not deal with those units at this time. Those tenants have been moved to other locations. So if anything, we probably will have to replace those units. At the present time, I don't believe we are going to be doing any renovations on those units, but get down to the ones who have people in them, accommodate them and get them back into their homes as soon as we can. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just with respect to the 20 Kotaneelee, out of the 20, how many were scheduled for renovation or retrofit this year? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe we were looking at 10 of those units to have construction done this year. Because of delays, we are going to proceed with four now and the others next spring.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. The honourable Premier, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, that question is within the mandate for the Minister of ENR. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. The honourable Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are working against the clock here with all the communities, trying to arrange suitable facilities and processes, so that when November 1st comes around, people in all the communities can have access to a way to have their beverage containers returned. If the Member has specific suggestions, I would be very happy, as they pertain to his communities and the community of Lutselk'e specifically. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Supplementary, Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With the race against the clock, we are looking at another 10 days before this Beverage Container Recovery Program is going to roll out. What does the department right now have on the table as far as ensuring that these remote communities, like Colville, Fort Good Hope, Lutselk'e, all these communities without road access, Nahanni Butte, Trout Lake and all these other NWT communities that use just as many beverage containers on a daily basis as everyone else but pay more at the store in the community? What does the government have to offer these communities right now as far as subsidies for their beverage containers? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, we have, we believe, about 80 percent of the Northwest Territories are covered in the smaller communities. We have arrangements with some communities, which I listed in this House last week. We are going to continue to work with those communities that don't have arrangements right now. As I have indicated, we intend to roll this program out, and we will work with each community to work on a suitable process, so that nobody is disadvantaged after November 1st. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Supplementary, Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's good to hear that nobody will be disadvantaged, hopefully. I just don't have any confidence that the smaller communities aren't going to be subsidized or be hit the hardest by this recovery program. What does ENR have right now to offer these small communities or the venders in the small communities or the local grocery stores in the small communities, as far as making sure that their customers don't have to pay this extra cost that NWT residents in

Yellowknife and the six other centres are going to be taking advantage of? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we intend to make arrangements, even on an interim basis, by whatever method we have, to try to ensure that people can return the beverage containers, they can be processed, and people can get the refunds they are entitled to in every community in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Final supplementary, Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wonder if the option that these beverage containers can be returned to the vendor has been considered by ENR on an interim basis, so there is a balance of expenditures and recoveries in the smaller centres. Is that an option? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.