Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the area of the Territorial Power Support Program, that program continues to grow just by the fact of volume of people in their own homes and the subsidy we provide to residents outside of the capital. We have no plans of changing that program. It is set at 700 kilowatt hours at the Yellowknife rate, and then the rate zone is charged per community. That's the best we can do at this point and that program has now crept over the $8 million mark. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess one of the other ways that I have been trying to address this issue is the one-rate power zone and it's typically done through the general rate application. I don't know if the Minister of Finance has the information before him, but is there a general rate application going into the PUB shortly or this fall? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the past the government has worked through that and I am aware, from the Minister of the Power Corporation, that, indeed, there is a general rate application going forward in November. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just with ways of reducing heat and power rates in the communities, again I'm not too sure if I'm asking the right Minister here, but converting the heat from power plants is a possibility but they're saying the cost is borne on the communities. So is there assistance that our government can help the communities convert the energy that's lost in the power plants? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Roland. Honourable Premier, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, that is really a question that should be directed to the Minister for the Power Corporation, so, if I can, I would refer it to him.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Honourable Minister responsible for the Power Corporation, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we do have a program that we have joint ventures, of partnerships, through the residual heat concept. Again, it's all based on the costs and it is burdened by the community by way of the way that we bill our communities. It's based on the actual cost to produce that power, but it's also charged on the number of residents in those communities. But we are looking at

communities and looking at new initiatives such as residual heat, but also through the new technologies that are out there we are looking at that and we are open to the possibility of seeing exactly what's the economic costs associated with doing these. Again, because of the size of a lot of the small communities, it's just not economically viable to do it; but in the larger communities, it possibly is. Again, we are open to looking at these different possibilities. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe this will be back to the Minister of Finance, it's just with the territorial power subsidy. Maybe just for clarification, does that include the commercial power rates in the Territorial Power Subsidy Program? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Krutko.

Sorry, Mr. Speaker. That question, again as the Member pointed out, should be redirected to the Minister of Finance. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Territorial Power Support Program is aimed at residences, so 700 kilowatt hours per month. I might say, Mr. Speaker, my home in Inuvik with my family, I worked hard at keeping consumption below that because once you get above it you start paying your community rate and that can go up significantly. We do have a commercial portion of it. It is very small and it is application based. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to direct my questions to the Minister of Justice, the Honourable Brendan Bell, about the policing situations in the communities that do not have a police station there, don't have police officers, which they visit from time to time. I want to ask the Minister, can he give me a brief description or a brief update as to how many communities do not have a police officer in the community, how safe it is in those communities, what's the process of them reporting crimes -- you know, some of them may, may not -- and what type of services are they receiving? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. I think the Member has asked all four of his questions, but I'll let the Minister answer one or more. The honourable Minister of Justice, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's a dangerous answer for me to give a comprehensive one. I'll try to be brief and concise. I think as Members know by now, there's a CBC contest running on the radio that seeks to interpret an answer I might have given to Mr. Ramsay yesterday. I think they've decided it was the most obtuse and confusing answer they've ever seen, so hopefully I can do a little better here. We are meeting with the RCMP and communities to come up with strategies for policing in small communities. We're doing a number of things. The old Special Constable Program that used to be very effective in the North is no longer. They are talking about a next generation program of community safety officers. We're optimistic that that will work in the North, but we want to make sure that it's relevant for our smaller communities. The RCMP are also increasing their patrols and tours to our smallest communities, recognizing that they need help especially when they don't have detachments. So we're doing a number of things; we're consulting, and we'll continue to talk to Members about them. But, yes, we believe that the communities are safe, but we will work as diligently as possible to improve safety. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.