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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I indicated and committed in this House yesterday, when the Member asked the question, that I will pull together a file of information, and I will make sure it goes to the chair of Social Programs and to the Member, that lays out the trail that got us to this point. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the question I have for the Minister is when we might expect to see something like this, because it is certainly a big issue with many families here in Yellowknife, folks that work there, parents who have children there. I would like to ask the Minister when we might expect that report or that file. I still have trouble understanding why a department that would make a decision like this wouldn't have a file readily available for Members. I wanted it yesterday. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will commit to having it for the Member before the end of this session. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am wondering if the Minister could let us know if that report or file is going to be comprehensive in its scope. Is it going to look at the educational needs of the clients, what the impacts of the program are going to be on moving it, the professional side of things, and the availability of services in Hay River? Is it going to be a comprehensive report, or are we going to be able to poke holes in this thing? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there is a potential to poke holes in anything anyone does. I could tell you what the Member needs to know, is that the decision has been made to move TTC to Hay River to use the capital money that was in the budget to renovate Dene K'onia. That it is going to take about 18 months and we will be able to set up a program there that is going to meet all of the needs of the children that are going to be in that program. Hay River has the capacity with the services that exist there, the medical, the educational, the health, the social services are there or are readily and easily accessible by the children that will be taking that program in Hay River. Hay River has a history in the past of running child welfare programs that were, in fact, converted to young offenders, but they have a history and a capacity that has been demonstrated through history and the past to deliver that kind of program. That decision has been made. It is a contractual arrangement that is there. It is going to be moved. We are going to work with the contractor. That contract will be going out. Bosco Homes currently provides that and will be taking all the steps with the contractor to work with their employees to make sure that it is done in a sensitive timely way so that we minimize the dislocation and disruption that may be there for the folks that are here.

Mr. Speaker, this is a program. That is what the Member should know. The information there will show that that is a decision that has been made. Now should the Member choose to poke holes in that, that would be something that he is very capable at doing. He is very adept as he has demonstrated in this House. But, Mr. Speaker, that decision has been made and I will stand up and defend that decision. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Final supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the Minister for his response. I do look forward to the report, the file coming forward, so that we can have a look at it and can better understand how the decision was arrived at.

One of the things that I would like to see included in that -- I know we have been going through and it is no slight against Hay River -- we have been having a tremendously difficult time staffing up a pipeline office in Hay River. These are specialized professional people that work at treatment centres like this. I am wondering can we get the employees to work at the treatment centre in Hay River. We have had a heck of a time filling positions at the pipeline office. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would also like to point out and reiterate a point I made yesterday, in that the Government of the Northwest Territories has also made the signal very clearly that they are interested and willing to look at decentralizing programs when they make sense and when it is the appropriate thing to do. In this case, this is one of those cases. Will the people be there? Yes, they will be. We have done it in the past. We are running a program in Fort Smith as well, delivering a high quality of care for children. It may take some work, but Bosco Homes has indicated that they are confident and that they are prepared to work with the department and the people in Hay River and will go through a hiring process locally and outside of Hay River, if we have to, to staff that facility up and have it up and running. They will also have the full backup resources that Bosco Homes has at their disposal, which we don't have as a government. Plus, there is going to be continued access to the specialized services in Yellowknife with pediatricians and psychiatrists that are there right now. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the main street chipsealing program has been an initiative of this government for the past couple of years now. It was initially budgeted at $1 million. As a part of the reductions required by this government, we reduced it somewhat. This year the program will be carried out in two communities. The communities of Fort McPherson and Tuktoyaktuk I believe are the two communities that the work will be happening in.

The Sahtu has communities that are identified as a part of this schedule. We are only able to carry out the chipsealing program in the communities as the budget allows us to and where our equipment is and where the communities have the streets prepared. There is a lot of work that is required to be done in terms of preparation. This year the two communities that are targeted are Fort McPherson and Tuktoyaktuk, and I believe Fort Good Hope is one of the communities that is targeted in the Sahtu. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Time for question period has expired, but I will allow the Member a supplementary. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Now that the dust has settled in the Sahtu, would the Minister of MACA advise the House, maybe there is a possibility that he could help with putting more money into the chipsealing program, because only two communities in the whole Northwest Territories are going to be chipsealed. Larger centres have paved roads, but the smaller communities are suffering with dust. It is terrible in those communities.

It is a crying shame that in this day and age that we get money in and we want to make differences in the communities, yet the people in the smaller communities are suffering through another dusty summer here. I want to see if the Minister would commit to Cabinet to see if they can get more money into the chipsealing program, so the communities in the Sahtu don't have to wait another two, three, or four years in terms of getting the chipseal program in the communities. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I certainly have to agree with the Member that the dust in the small communities and the communities across the North is an issue that has been a problem for some time. We do have some money budgeted in the community governments formula to deal with dust suppression. Many communities have come forward to indicate that there is a need to look at this in terms of looking at putting more money towards it.

We, as a government, have undertaken a study to look at the situation in the different communities, to look at the different methods that could be utilized to suppress dust. We have looked at chipseal; we are looking at different types of dust suppression that are available in other jurisdictions. That study is in its final draft form. We will be reviewing the results in the next week or so, as soon as time allows us. We will be glad to share that with the committee members, and we would also be open to consideration to look at our business plan to see how we can accommodate that request that is being made by the Member. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.