Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are down to one of these situations where we have offered information, we have shown all the costs, that it is going to be self-sustaining; there is some start-up money that was voted by this Assembly to get moving on this; it is going to be self-sustaining.

The Member disagrees. We are saying the plan has been thought through, and we have been working diligently for many, many months now, and we intend to roll it out. At this point, I would suggest that the proof will be in the pudding. We have hidden nothing from the people, the public, this Legislature. The document is there for everybody to see, and so is all the work that we have gone through to come to where we are today. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Time for oral questions has expired. Item 7, written questions. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Menicoche.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to return to item 5 on the Orders Paper. Thank you.

The Member is seeking unanimous consent to return to item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Are there any nays? There are no nays. We will return to item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Menicoche.

Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to recognize my sister Deborah McPherson, in the gallery, and, once again, Betty Hardisty, as well. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Thank you, Members. Item 7, written questions. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to go back to item 6.

The Member is seeking unanimous consent to return to item 6, oral questions. Are there any nays? There are no nays. We will return to item 6, oral questions. Before we do that, Members, I would like to draw the Members' attention to the presence in the visitors' gallery of Mrs. Shannon Gullberg, the Languages Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, and Ms. Elaine Keenan-Bengts, the Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Northwest Territories, who have joined us here today and will be witnessing the tabling of their respective annual reports. Please join me in welcoming them to the Assembly. Welcome.

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Before we go on with the Orders of the Day, the Chair is going to call a short break.

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Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have questions for the Minister of Health and Social Services. I rose last week on an issue about not getting a response on a letter I had written to the Minister that's a month old. It's difficult with the frustration of not getting an answer, and that bothers me, but it also bothers the constituent when I keep going back to them. I'm still waiting for the Minister to respond. So, Mr. Speaker, last week the Minister promised I would get my answer before this session ended. So my question again to the Minister is, are we going to get it in this session? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Yes, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate hearing that from the Minister. Just a little further clarity, and this maybe could be the end of the questions, which is, the fact is if I don't have a chance to look at this response, I want to ensure that I have a timely way to look at this response, because we're talking about northern purchasing and how it's being purchased through the Health and Social Services department. So I would like to know, from the Minister, will I get my response in a timely way so if there are issues to bring forward in this House, I will have time to debate that issue, or will I get it at the last hour on the last day of session? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we'll have the response before the House on Thursday.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will I have it before oral question period, before the House finishes on Thursday? It's difficult to raise an issue on the floor of this House once the Assembly adjourns. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let me just repeat the commitment. I'll have the letter for the Member before the House on Thursday, before the House starts on Thursday.

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