Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Emphasizing my significant in-principle support for hydro projects and looking forward to the day that we do not have to attach ourselves to diesel as our main power source, does the Premier intend to bring forward any type of legislation that will encourage industry such as mines or pipeline groups to tie into the hydro energy that these potential projects will create? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, there is no intention at this point to bring in legislation that would require companies to do this. We are, with the big companies, negotiating socioeconomic agreements. I would expect, through those kinds of negotiations, there may be a negotiated agreement. But at this point, no, I don't have any plans to make any legislation. I am not sure what that legislation would look like, in fact. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for North Slave, Mr. Zoe.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. My questions are to the Minister of Health and Social Services. Can the Minister tell me what programs are out there to educate young people specifically about the risk of diabetes and what they can do to prevent it? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have been working for the last five years with the federal government through their aboriginal diabetes initiative funding. We are in the last year of that. It sunsets on March 31st. That funding has been used to work with the regions and authorities to set up training programs and to set up education programs. We also have other programs in the department that stress active living. The issues that my colleague talked about regarding the right choices in terms of diet and exercise, so there are a number of areas where we are working with the people of the North to try to get them to make the right choices to avoid Type 2 Diabetes. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Supplementary, Mr. Zoe.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister what diabetes awareness activities take place in the five regions that we have, and the communities. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Zoe. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have three diabetes education programs located in Stanton, Inuvik, and Hay River, plus we have the diabetes care network which is building capacity in the Deh Cho, Fort Smith and Dogrib authorities for diabetes care and management. Plus, it is an issue that is addressed through all the public health facilities that we have and through the nurses and home care workers in terms of the basic diet and the issue of exercise and right personal choices. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Supplementary, Mr. Zoe.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister, is testing of diabetes available in all community health centres? If not, where should people go if they want to get checked? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Zoe. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in most of the larger centres, the testing can be done. If there is a concern and there have been some diagnoses or characteristics that may be related to diabetes, then arrangements can be made. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would also like to ask questions on the same topic the Member for Kam Lake was raising earlier. It is also curious to me how this happened. I would like to ask because my understanding is, especially in issues that deal with lands and land use and planning around the city, especially the land within the municipality, I would think that there will be consultation and prior notice to the city government prior to anything like the permit that the Minister gave. I would like to know why the city government and the mayor were not consulted in this instance. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in this case, the land in question was Commissioner's land, and the Government of the Northwest Territories is the administrator and the landlord. There was no request for a lease on this property. There was no request to purchase this property. That application went to the city. The request that came to us was for the permission to access this property to do some testing on the land to see if it was suitable for development. We did give them that land. The notification that went to the city was by way of a copy of a letter that went to the Yellowknives Dene giving them permission to access. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am just wondering why, if this is Commissioner's land, does an application for lease have to go to the city government. It is GNWT land.

Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The practice has been for the communities to process the applications that come forward with their comments. In this case, this is an area that has unsettled claims. There is an interim measures agreement that we also have to follow. We have not historically granted any land without the city's permission. We didn't intend to do that in this case either. But the request that came forward was permission to access and was our decision to make. We decided to allow the Yellowknives Dene to have access to this land to do some testing in order to determine whether the land is suitable. Thank you.

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