Mr. Speaker, in the Capital Health region contract, then, could the Minister advise, or explain, sort of what is the protocol or the priority? If I need help from an Edmonton hospital, how am I considered in relation to, say, Alberta or Edmonton-based patients? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would tend to characterize it, that we are on a level playing field with Albertans, in most cases, that we can often get access to services very quickly, and much to the benefit of the people in need. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Final supplementary, Mr. Braden. Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In follow-up to the questions I asked the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment about day care, I want to pursue the issue of income support clients who receive payment for a day care and then are expected to pass that money on to the day care. Has the Minister known of, or heard of, any issues where day care centres are having difficulty operating because of outstanding receivables, or people who receive support but don't pay their bill, and thus make it difficult for the day care to operate? Is he aware of those scenarios? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I have heard about that issue from a number of operators.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am sure that the Minister appreciates you cannot run a day care centre, pay staff and pay overhead, if people who bring their children to your service are not paying their bill. I would suggest that, by paying the income support, paying the day cares directly, would avoid that problem. Would the Minister not agree? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One of the goals of the Income Support Program is to help foster independence. It is certainly just as with rent. The approach is that the support that a family needs is provided to that family so that they can use those resources to support themselves. So that is the goal. Having said that, if the client finds that that is not the best way, if they are finding that there are problems, we are certainly open to, for instance, providing landlords directly with the funding that's necessary. But we expect it to be a joint process, and we expect the client to take the lead of negotiating that.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think that in the issue of the day care, which we are trying to salvage the services that we have now, I think this is a simple program change that would really assist in maintaining the existing facilities that we do have. Would the Minister consider an alteration to the income support, and support the day care operators that would see direct payment? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are in the process, right now, of restructuring our entire Income Security Program, which will include the Income Support Program, and looking at models. That is certainly an issue that I'll put on the table for discussion as we do this. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Final, short supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

That's everything, thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, we have been working on the Main Street Chipseal Program, and we've been able to chipseal a number of communities. This coming year, we are looking at doing some chipsealing in Tuktoyaktuk, Fort McPherson, and Fort Good Hope. A lot of the work has already been done, in terms of drainage and some of the design work that needs to be done. Fort Good Hope has been allocated a budget amount this year, and that amount is $375,000. The total project is $1.2 million for Fort Good Hope main street.

Along with that, we are looking at providing some type of dust control that may be required in the communities. We're looking at a number of pilot projects, and this is as a result of a study that we've commissioned over the last year or so. So we have a process that requires us to do analysis of the soil types, and be able to apply the dust suppressant accordingly. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister advise the House when the roads in Fort Good Hope would actually be chipsealed? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. McLeod.