Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There's no way I couldn't say that the Minister wasn't correct on that, but the fact is a few years ago this Assembly looked at putting a hotel tax dedicated to just tourism dollars. That never floated, unfortunately, but we could redirect this revenue to show how important this issue is, and the fact is, we may not be able to control the percentage in the sense of the actual dollars every year, but we can further demonstrate that we care about this problem, because good working programs don't have enough money. Mr. Speaker, would the Minister consider that? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if the Member is suggesting we put a new tax in place on liquor products and target that towards dealing with that, it's something we can consider, but, the fact is, because we already have funding from the sale of liquor products into general revenue, which then flows to the departments to run their programs and services, we are providing the funds we have available to us. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Final supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Well, I'll officially make it clear that I did not suggest a new tax, so I don't know where the Minister got that. That's the Minister's suggestion, for the official record, not mine. Mr. Speaker, I'll just leave a quick question to the Minister which, quite simply will be, would the Minister put it to a public question during this consultation process that's going on to let the public decide if they think the liquor revenues are important enough to go to part of the solution of the problem? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't know how many times I can try to answer the question with the same response. The fact is, what we do have in place now is working. We do put funds towards the issues of drug and alcohol abuse in the Northwest Territories on a number of fronts. The Department of Health and Social Services, when you look at their budget, has more expenditures in that area than we would get out of the Liquor Commission. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we currently have nine community depots in: Yellowknife, Hay River, Inuvik, Fort Smith, Fort Simpson, Behchoko, Fort Resolution, Nahanni Butte, and, Gameti. I also understand Lutselk'e has now agreed, as has Trout Lake. Then we have discussions going on with Tuktoyaktuk, Norman Wells, Fort Good Hope and Paulatuk. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, just for clarity then, every regional centre in the Northwest Territories has a depot at least, and also many of the small communities as well. In the communities that are regional centres, particularly those on the road system, is it anticipated and understood, to your knowledge, by the residents of those communities in that

region that they can bring their recyclable beverage containers back to those regional centre depots to receive their deposits back? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We've been working to make sure we communicate all the particulars of the program. We've given the Members the information, and we've been making the case that there are three processing centres that receive bottles or beverages, and then anywhere that there is a depot, anybody in the Northwest Territories, if they're travelling by road, or winter road, or by boat, whatever mode of transportation, can drop their beverage containers off at any community that has a depot. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just wanted to make that point clear for the public, because the way the discussion sounded yesterday, it sounded like if you were in a community where there was not already a predetermined depot, that you had no way of getting your containers back. In fact, many people who are...A lot of people travel a great deal in the Northwest Territories. They come into regional centres for everything from medical appointments, to bingos, to whatever. If they have a means of transporting them, they can bring them back there. That is the understanding of the depot operators, is that they will receive them from anybody in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Miltenberger.

Yes, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So in fact, right now, are there any communities that do not have road access, winter road or all-weather road access, to a community that has a recycling depot? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the communities that immediately come to mind would be Holman, Sachs and Paulatuk. I raised discussions with Sachs and Paulatuk, but there's been no final arrangement. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Braden.