Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you. Yes, that is correct. In fact, I think that process has already taken place. I indicated to earlier questions that there have been some discussions with the city. There is a presentation planned, I believe, for the 21st of this month through the city by the Yellowknives. There has been some discussion as to whether the city would consider amending their development plan. There also has been discussion as to what the process would be to amend the zoning. There is a lot of work that has to be done, as I have indicated before. Our involvement was, in this case, to allow them access. We thought it made sense. It may have been a cost-cutting measure. We may have avoided the whole application process if this land was unsuitable. That is where we are at. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Your final supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could I ask the Minister whether he expects that the Yellowknives will come back to him and his office with the results of their survey? If that happens, how would he be informing the city government and mayor with all of the stages? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The application for a lease on this property has not come to us. That discussion is happening with the city. The results of this survey belong to Yellowknives Dene. We have not asked them to share that with us. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There was some investigation of whether or not an agency in town might be interested. So initial discussions were held with the Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre, but the Ministerial Association came back and recommended that there be some consideration for using beds in the South Mackenzie Correctional Centre. So we decided that we need to take a more comprehensive look at what is available in the community and what might be the best solution. Before handing it off to another agency, we want to spend a little more time examining how to best deal with transients. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, looking at that in a comprehensive way may be a long-term solution, but right now, the fact of the matter is, if a transient shows up in Hay River today, the point of contact, if it is late at night, is somebody in Fort Smith who is probably in bed sleeping. I am sure he would be interested to know you have given his name and number in the House today. Mr. Speaker, I think we need somebody close at hand. The Department of Health and Social Services has a child protection worker on call 24-7. Is it a possibility to consider that avenue as a point of contact? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will certainly approach my colleague to see whether or not we can use that office, as well, as a point of contact. In the interim, I will make sure that the RCMP is also aware of who to contact to get authorization for this temporary accommodation to take place.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there has already been a meeting of a kind of interagency in Hay River made up of interested parties. I would ask the Minister if he could make someone from his department available for a subsequent meeting again with those interested parties on this issue, to see if we could work out something on a temporary basis in identifying a protocol. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask some questions of the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs continuing on the issue of the sandpits and potential developments out there. Mr. Speaker, this Assembly is quite familiar with interim measures agreements. In fact, the one that exists between the Akaitcho people and the GNWT, we had quite a bit of experience with it over the Con camp affair last year. Mr. Speaker, does the interim measures agreement that is in place include the City of Yellowknife as a stakeholder? Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the interim measures agreement is an agreement between the federal government, the Akaitcho Dene First Nations and ourselves as the Government of the Northwest Territories, and that responsibility falls in the hands of Aboriginal Affairs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister, in answering an earlier question today, indicated that correspondence regarding the access to the sandpits had been sent to the city. I would ask that, in the spirit of relationships that we are constantly trying to generate here in the Northwest Territories amongst each other, was it really in a sense of good relationships and goodwill that we would only copy the City of Yellowknife on a matter as significant as this? Thank you.