Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The technical report that we received from Public Works indicates that there are some parts of the project that we need to take a look at fairly quickly. They indicate that it is an issue that we need to ensure is looked at on a priority basis. It will be put into the capital plan and dealt with as all of our projects are. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. The honourable Minister responsible for the Power Corporation, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in regards to the way the compensation is calculated, with regards to these 41 individuals, presently they are not part of a union. They don't receive overtime, but they are responsible for ensuring that the corporation runs according to the objectives that were set forward by the Cabinet. We instruct the corporation to meet certain goals in regards to how they perform and based on their performance that's how we calculate their compensation. But again, I'd just like to remind the Members in the House, the compensation is based on a set of objectives that have to be met each year by each of the different individuals, but also it's measured by how much they achieve. It's based on the compensation. So you have to achieve these objectives before you receive any compensation. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Supplementary, Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you. So, in a nutshell, not meeting performance objectives is the risk they take. Is that what the Minister is saying? Because really I just don't see any real risks that these executives are up against. They set targets. They are at what risk? By health, by losing money, by getting a salary cut if they don't make these performance targets or just not receiving a big fat bonus? Is that the only risk that they have on this at-risk compensation package, Mr. Speaker? What are the real risks? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the risks that the Member talks about, we all have objectives that we establish in regards to environmental liabilities to ensure we don't have any major spills or whatnot to ensure basically we have a power source, we are able to generate power without having major power outages as we have had. Again, we have to also ensure that we consider exactly how they perform their duties in regards to communicating with the communities, the public. We have to ensure that we have a customer service base that we are able to measure, ensuring that the customers are satisfied with the service. So there are ways that you can measure it in regards to how you determine if someone should be compensated. Again, there is a list of items that those individuals have to meet in order to receive their compensation.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Short supplementary, Mr. Villeneuve.

Okay. Let's just get away from the compensation, the at-risk items for awhile. Before these compensation bonuses go out to employees of the Power Corporation, and I know they paid out overtime over and above their budget to employees, and that is not questionable here, Mr. Speaker, but just the bonuses themselves, do these bonuses need the approval of the Public Utilities Board before they actually go out and before the cheques are written? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, no, they don't have to be approved by the Public Utilities Board, but it is an item that is brought forward when we do and write an application to show the Public Utilities Board that these expenses we do incur and on the basis of how we incur them. So it is laid out there by way of a public forum that we have to present the cost to operate the corporation, but also we spell out what those costs are. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am assuming I can go to the Public Utilities Board, pull out the financial statements for the NWT Power Corporation since 1989, since this compensation package came into effect, and I would be able to tell how much bonuses were paid out over the last 15 years without...I know these bonuses are probably all just hidden in one line item, salaries and benefits. Can the Minister tell me if these bonuses are a separate line item in the financial statements of the NWT Power Corporation that people, the public, can go there and see, okay, well how much bonuses are people receiving? Are they in line with the cost of living? Are they in line with the other organizations in other jurisdictions, Mr. Speaker? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this practice is not unique to the Northwest Territories Power Corporation. It is practiced throughout the corporate community and that is the way that they compensate people that provide this specific service, especially in the managerial areas. We do that similar process with deputy ministers within this government. We have a system in place that you are compensated from the basic knowledge if you perform to those objectives that are set for you. Again, this isn't a common practice to ourselves; it is a practice throughout the industry. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the honourable Brendan Bell and they follow on the footsteps of questions that my colleague Mr. Ramsay was asking in relation to family law, divorce and the consequences for children. Mr. Speaker, as the Minister of Justice Mr. Bell has considerable opportunity to work with his colleagues from other provinces and territories and the federal government, of course, on a number of legal issues, I wanted to ask whether the issue of divorce and separation law and, of course, the consequences for children come up for debate. Are they on the radar screen, Mr. Speaker, at the FPT level?

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister of Justice, Mr. Bell.

Mr. Speaker, it has been maybe a month since I attended FTP Justice in Newfoundland. I had the chance to raise this issue with a number of my colleagues. It was not formally on the agenda to be debated. I think there were three or four main topic areas. Members will remember much of it around the new government's tough on crime agenda. It is very much a situation where the federal government determines the issues of the day to be debated and discussed, but I do know the federal Minister has this on his personal radar and is interested in talking about possibly some changes that could alleviate some of the concern. A number of other provincial jurisdictions have similar concerns. How we go forward, I think, Mr. Speaker, we can discuss that. I could certainly write letters to my provincial colleagues and ask them if they would like to seek to get this formally on the agenda. But I do believe there is an interest in resolving some of these issues, primarily getting these issues away from the courts and into mediation where they can be probably more constructively dealt with. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On behalf of some constituents and concerns that were brought before me where the courts do have to get involved and that is a reality that we have to face, that the courts are not subjected to the kinds of bias that has surfaced in so many areas. Mr. Speaker, divorce law, of course, is the jurisdiction of the federal government and, when couples and relationships break down and they go to court, there is so often a win-lose scenario. We have talked about mediation and helping to avoid that. I wanted to ask the Minister where the law itself is federal but we have a social support services network here. What can we do to influence the outcomes so that they are not so confrontational, not so win-lose, Mr. Speaker?

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Bell.