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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to remind the Minister again that he and I know a lot of facts about this. You know about the shortage of doctors, occupying of the emergency unit by people who probably don't need to be there if they could get the services elsewhere, and we know the process that we go on here. But let's just forget about that. I want him to answer in a very specific way if any of the three clinics that are under review now are being considered for being turned into a walk-in clinic, for example. Can the Minister say yes or no whether any of his visions or dreams or plans for health

care service delivery in Yellowknife include a drop-in health clinic? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, clearly when we look at the issue of clinics and emergency, as I've indicated, and the clinic usage, making a clinic more accessible to people so they can relieve some of the demand on the emergency would include looking at the hours that they operate and how accessible they are to the people who require their service. That will be done through a planning process in conjunction with Stanton, the Yellowknife Health and Social Services Board, the department, among others. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Final supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm going to have to ask the same question for the next 40 minutes. Mr. Speaker, could the Minister indicate whether his plans, whether they be with the Yellowknife Health and Social Services Board or be with the Stanton board or something in his imagination, something he thinks about when he's walking at 5:00 in the morning, do any of these include a walk-in health clinic in Yellowknife in the foreseeable future? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member and I were talking about the same thing. We're looking at how clinics are used, their hours of operation, and their accessibility to the people. There's work being done. There's going to be work done by the Stanton people, the Yellowknife Health and Social Services Board folks, the department and they're going to look at all ways to make the best clinics possible, the most efficient and effective clinics possible, including the hours of operation. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to continue my questions with the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. Mr. Speaker, my next question that I hope gets answered is, does the Minister know how far ahead Expos are planned? He may not be able to speak to the Japanese Expo specifically, but I'm sure he can give a ballpark as to how far expos are planned in advance. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well, how many months do we have left? We have February, March, April, May, June, July. So I guess six months in advance would be my answer, at least in this case. I can't give you an indication of past Expo planning or Expo planning in other jurisdictions, but we've got six months to get it right and we certainly intend to do that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If the Minister could follow that up with when he thinks the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development finally put the Japanese Expo in their long-term business plan or in the food for thought category that it's coming down the pipe one of these days. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. I don't know, Mr. Bell, if I heard a question there, but you may have heard one. Mr. Bell.

I guess I could say that this came to my attention a couple of months after receiving the portfolio. We sat down to discuss a number of initiatives. Upon learning of it, I had some discussions with the Tourism Association of the Northwest Territories, talked about their interest in being involved. In fact, initially approached them to see if they'd be interested in heading up our effort, but admittedly they don't have the kind of resources that we do in the department so we were best suited to take the lead and draw on their expertise in terms of marketing. So that's the approach that we've taken. I'm guessing that we've been discussing this for a year. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate that direct answer there, Mr. Bell. Mr. Speaker, if this has been on the mind or backburner of this particular Member for about a year, Mr. Speaker, and I realize that Expo planning needs to go on for multiple years ahead of time just to make sure that the logistics happen, Mr. Speaker, but speaking more specific to this Minister's experience with this Expo, knowing again that it's been about a year in the equation here, he mentioned in his last answer earlier that he wanted to avoid the problem that he alluded to, that there's no aurora association to go to for aurora input. Was he more afraid of hurting individual aurora operators' feelings that they didn't get picked? Why didn't the Minister write a letter to all three aurora members and say why don't you put forward a name so we can create an oversight committee that deals specifically with the themes of aurora? Could the Minister answer that question? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Bell.

Sorry, Mr. Speaker, I'm not sure I understand the question. I believe the Member is asking for more involvement from the aurora industry on the oversight committee or issues in that vein. As I've indicated, I'm certainly going to sit down with the aurora industry. There are more than three companies. There are more than just Yellowknife companies. We're going to do that, have some discussion around how they can best provide their input. The other opportunity, I suppose, available to me is to approach the NWT association of tourism, that industry body again, and say do you have anybody who sits on your board who has direct knowledge and experience, working knowledge of the aurora industry or is currently employed by any of the aurora operators and if they do ask them if they'd like to recommend that person to sit on that board. I'm not sure if they have such a person, but I can have that discussion with them if that's what the Member would like. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have to say good, Minister. That's the direction that I'd like to see him engage. The NWT Tourism Association is very fine by me if that works towards potentially getting a member from the aurora industry on this. I'm not going to use a question. I'll leave it at that if he's going to promise to engage. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Range Lake, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to ask more questions on the viability of a walk-in health clinic in Yellowknife. I think there are strong cases to be made that will save the government money and that would ease the pressure on doctors' services and other health care professionals. It would address the needs especially of parents with young children who need medical attention on a very short notice, who don't have time to wait on a doctor's appointment waiting list for weeks and weeks. It would lessen the burden on the emergency system. We already have an example in place that the Minister could follow. I'd like to know, if the Minister hasn't done it already, if he would look into expanding the walk-in clinic service in Yellowknife that the local doctor has already undertaken. Could he look into expanding that on a full-time basis? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.