Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just sent a note up to my executive assistant to tell the ENR troops to get ready with a communication plan and a roll out plan, because for those communities that don't have access on an interim basis, we are going to be in the recycling business. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well, that is an interesting scenario. So in my mind's eye now, I see a community like Tulita, and I see some little person coming up to a renewable resources officer in uniform with a drinking box and asking for their five cents back. I imagine you are going to have to put some time restraints on it. Is this going to take away from your resources that are now dedicated to doing other very important tasks associated with ENR? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is not going to be dissimilar from the work we now do in the communities with furs, anyway. We have had some preliminary discussions, for some time, as November 1st approaches, so we will be, of course, fleshing out the program and how we are going to do it on an interim basis as we continue to work to make sure we set this up as a business opportunity in all communities, as well as making sure that we can still do the other duties of the day that ENR staff are tasked with. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Final supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, to avoid the laborious task of dealing with clients on a one-by-one basis, has the Minister consulted with the smaller communities to see if they would be interested in collectively submitting their beverage containers for a refund, and having those monies allocated to a community organization, or the local youth centre, or some other type of program? Has that option been pursued in any of the small communities? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are prepared to entertain any suggestion, or proposal, from the communities in regard to making the best use of this opportunity. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Nunakput, Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my Member's statement today, I spoke of the impact the garbage control program will have on income support workers or clients. Can the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment inform this Assembly whether his department will be increasing the amount of money available for food under the Income Support program, upon the introduction of the NWT Beverage Container Program? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The amount of funding provided to clients for the food basket is reviewed on an annual basis, at least. So at least every year we review the program. We will examine what the impact is of the cost of the program, and there may be some response, but we will have to wait and do food surveys to find out exactly what that response will be.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister indicate how soon he will try to find out from...He mentioned that he is going to examine the impacts to the cost of the food basket, so when can that happen? Is it likely to happen before the November 1st deadline? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is unlikely it would happen before November 1st. There are things that impact the cost of foods that happen on a regular basis. A frost in California drives up the prices of oranges this week. The program doesn't change week to week. What we do is a survey annually to examine what the food costs are in a community, and then we change the program to accommodate that. So the same sort of process will happen here. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Following up on the flip side of my previous question, Mr. Speaker, will the Minister be clawing back money that income support clients receive under the NWT garbage container recycling program? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have advised that if nobody returned anything, it would cost the average household an extra $7.95 a month. So we are not talking about much more than the impact of a frost in California, on the cost of food, in most of our communities. But I doubt that there would be any clawback for monies, if people were recycling. That is an activity that we want to encourage among northerners.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Monfwi, Mr. Lafferty.