Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I stated, we are redefining the mandate of the corporation. We will be looking, and discussing with the Members, and also going out for public input in regard to the mandate of the corporation on exactly how we're going to function going forward. As a corporation, we depend on our programs, which are application-based. A lot of people just do not like the answer of being told no, but I think they have to realize the reason that you have application-based programs is to ensure that you are fair to the individuals, but also ensure that the information that is being provided is accurate, and also that you are able to sustain those programs. So again, I offer to the Member that we will be reviewing the mandate of the corporation. We will be going out for public input from the communities, and also from the general public. At that point, that's when I believe the issue can be brought up, by looking at how the application programs are going to be administered, but also allowing for an appeal process.

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

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I just want to tell the Minister that a lot of issues in the regions, and the communities, don't have to be brought to the political level if we have an adequate and smooth administration system. The Yukon has it. They've got an appeal process built into their Housing Corporation guidelines, and that's what I'm asking the Minister to consider, Mr. Speaker. Will the Minister look at establishing an appeal system? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'll take a look at what they have in the Yukon, and see if we can adopt something like that here. Thank you.

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

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Not as far as I am aware. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In conjunction with that, when families apply to foster children in the care and custody of the Department of Health and Social Services, does the suitability of the home and parents take into account whether or not there are smokers in the home? There are a lot of precedent-setting cases now, which indicate that visitation rights, even of parents, have been denied on the grounds of smoking in front of the children. I would like to know if his department screens that aspect of foster parents. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Miltenberger.

Once again, Mr. Speaker, not as far as I am aware, but I will follow up with the department on both the issue of parents adopting and those applying to be foster parents, and I'll provide that information to the Member. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, a lot of people in the Northwest Territories smoke, statistically, and we do have difficulty finding adoptive and fostering homes. I'd like to as the Minister if he could foresee such a criteria being implemented, or included, in the selection criteria. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I indicated, I will follow up with the department, and then I'll raise the issue with the department, and then we'll see. I know it is an issue. I've read the position paper that the Member referred to. I know that, especially with children in vehicles, the smoke is deemed to be 23 times more harmful than it would be just in a house, and it is an issue, and other jurisdictions are passing specific legislation. So I will consider that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Range Lake, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think we're well aware that we're leaving this House today and will probably not come back until February, and the day care centre in Fort Smith is still due to close tomorrow. The Minister promised, in his answers, that Aurora College is doing everything they can to find services for those students. I believe this debate has always been about the children and the parents that go especially to the Aurora College there. The information that I have, so far, is that only two parents, one of which is a student, has a place to place their child. So I would like to know what the Minister's latest information is, and what he's planning on doing for those who have not found alternative care. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I had my staff get in touch with the college this morning to confirm the situation. The college advised us that they believe that half of the children have found placements. The situation is, apparently, somewhat complicated by some of the students not being certain that the day care centre is going to shut down tomorrow, and I am advised that it would be helpful if that was clearly communicated to the students, if that is, in fact, the case. The college has, in the past, worked with the students, not just that campus, but all campuses, to help students find care for children. They are well aware of licensed and unlicensed care providers in all communities where we have campuses, and part of their regular function is to work with students to make sure that childcare is available. They will continue to do that. They are ready to be of assistance as quickly as possible, and they have even asked the instructors to talk to the students today, to make sure that they are aware that this kind of support is available.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if anything was revealed and made clear in this day care debate, it is the fact that the day care program that we have in this government is not sufficient. It is not adequate. The policy is very weak, and the Minister has made a commitment over and over again, in this House, that he is looking to revamp that. So I would like to know what his plans are in terms of improving this program so that we are not faced with another situation like this in the near future. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Dent.