Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the arrangements have been done on an as and when basis in the sense when individuals or groups would come forward and make that request, we would look at it to see what type of arrangements, the history, the working arrangement of that group and the government or department. It has not been one where we have gone to all organizations and said here's an offer for a three year multi-year funding arrangements. We have done it on a case-by-case basis. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Inuvik is well trained in finding alternative arrangements for some of our government-run buildings up there. I would like to ask the Minister of Public Works and Services on the status of the five departments that were within the Perry Building after it was closed down. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the last indication I have is all departments are up and running. Human resources have moved into the

Tuma Building. That was approved by the town council that they can operate in there. We have FMBS staff sharing space with Municipal and Community Affairs office. Education, Culture and Employment has moved to the second floor of the Mack Travel building. I believe they are right up to speed now in the sense that all the connections, hardware and wiring have been done. The phones are in place. The Department of Transportation's office has moved into, I believe, the Eskimo Inn; their renovations portion there. Public Works, we are a bit scattered in different places. Petroleum products division is working out of one of the warehouses. We are still working on the rest of the space for the department. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Minister for the update. I understand that the Perry Building, once the other floor or top floors are cleared of equipment and personnel and snow is kept off the roof, I understand that the bottom floor tenants might be able to move back in and I'd like to ask the Minister, are we going to ask these employees to move back into the bottom floor of the Perry Building? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the structural engineer's report that we had received stated that with the loading on the second and third floor being removed, that the main floor would then be available for occupancy, and we're still working at how we can get that done. As well, the owner of the building has hired their own structural engineer and we're going to have to see what their report says before we make a final decision. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Final supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My final question to the Minister is, are we still making lease payments on this building? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't have that information available. I will check on that and get back to the Member before the end of the day. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Oral questions. The honourable Member from Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The honourable Premier, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm not sure if the Member's referring to the past when we negotiated agreements on diamond mines, or if he's referring to the pipeline. Mr. Speaker, the agreements, the access and the benefit agreements that have been negotiated and signed have been entered into with aboriginal groups who have rights to the area that is being impacted. It's only with them. Mr. Speaker, it is expected in a normal situation that other municipalities, other communities would benefit from the overall wealth that these kinds of activities bring to the Territories through taxes, through public money and so on. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was just trying to set up a context that the city of Yellowknife has seen resource development and seen the bad side of it as well as some of the good side. I'm speaking specifically about the $500 million socio-economic fund. I want to know why communities like Yellowknife, Hay River and Fort Smith aren't part of the equation. Why are they left out? Why are 70 percent of the people in the Northwest Territories left out of this? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The $500 million socio-economic impact fund is a fund that was negotiated with the aboriginal organizations along the

valley and our government for the impact on those specific communities. So that was those communities directly impacted. It was not a fund that was going to go across the whole territory.

Mr. Speaker, having said that, we did negotiate at the same time a $40 million, albeit a one-time fund, through the Northern Strategy that would benefit all communities. Mr. Speaker, I have to say that out of that $40 million, 35 of it was allocated to communities. Yellowknife is benefiting from over $7 million from that fund alone that they can use for socio-economic impact if they choose to do it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think maybe the Premier is not quite understanding what I'm trying to get at here. What I'm trying to get at is I think the Government of the Northwest Territories let down 70 percent of the people. We've seen resource development here in the city of Yellowknife and the impact it's had on our community. The city of Yellowknife got nothing. By the sound of it, our government is content to allow the city of Yellowknife to get nothing again, Mr. Speaker, and I don't agree with this. I'd like to ask the Premier -- this is my final question -- why no public discussion or debate of the Government of the Northwest Territories' responsibility to all its residents took place. Why didn't it happen? Why weren't we able to discuss and debate this? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Handley.