Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly I will request the governance council to consider that situation or that position and ask that they, at their next meeting, consider it. Thanks.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, would the Minister ask the governance council to at least take a leadership role? I mean, if he's just going to ask the governance council and have the governance council come back and say, I could do that job just as well. You know? I could write a letter to the governance council and he could come back and say sorry, Ms. Lee, I considered your option and it ain't going to happen. So I'd like to know what he can do as the Minister of WCB responsible for the portfolio and who'd have to answer to if businesses go down, what's he prepared to do as a Minister to make some changes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I certainly hope that we don't see these businesses go down. I enjoy being able to access the services and products that they provide as much as anybody else. Mr. Speaker, just as insurance on a car is a cost of doing business, so is insurance for your employees. I've probably put $60,000 or $70,000 more into the pockets of insurance companies than I've ever claimed back for my car and I think that we're going to have to recognize that there are costs to doing business. I'd be happy to, as I said, direct the governance council to consider this. I think all of the stakeholders have to be involved in considering an approach that the Member is suggesting, because it is a zero sum game. It takes X number of dollars to operate the WCB and look after the injured workers and so if one group is paying less, another group has to pay more. So I would be happy to ensure that this issue is considered, but I think we're going to have to involve more of the stakeholders. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Final supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is what's most frustrating about this exercise that's been going on for a very long time, because I don't believe that the Minister and the governance council, from all of my meetings, that they really understand the QSR has a different problem than the rest of them. I am not interested in Minister talking about what his experience is like as a regular insurance payer because that tells me he does not recognize the unique circumstances under which this group finds themselves in, and they need attention, and they need careful review, and that has not been done, Mr. Speaker. So, in fact, I don't know if I can do anything more. So I would like to ask the Minister, I understand this is something he could do directly, there is a vacancy on the board and I think we should get a direct input from this group so that they could have a different perspective, small businesses that's not there. So I'd like to know if the Minister would consider appointing members from QSR into the boards. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I had received an e-mail message from one of those groups suggesting that very thing. It is certainly something that could be considered. Typically the past practice of this in our government has been that pan-territorial organizations are consulted, but that doesn't mean that other nominees can't be considered. So, yes, I guess we could consider any nominee that comes in from the business community. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Premier. With the appointment of the regional superintendents of the Executive, how much autonomy will the Sahtu region now have to conduct its own affairs? Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Yakeleya. The honourable Premier, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Where the programs have been transferred to the Sahtu region, then they will have the same autonomy as any other region. An example is with the Housing Corporation; transfers have not been completed in other departments. Transportation, for example. We would have to make that at some point in the future. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That begs the next question. When will we see full transportation authority or services program into the Sahtu and other departments like the Department of Justice in terms of those type of responsibilities coming to the Sahtu region? The Premier has said in the near future; however, I'm looking for more specific timelines to that question. Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I heard someone say when you get the billion dollars.

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Mr. Speaker, we would need to have justification for a superintendent, and staff, and office space, and so one to move departments. In some cases there isn't the workload right now. You know, if we're successful in getting infrastructure money for a highway through the Sahtu, then it may at that time be justified, but right now I don't think there's the workload. The same applies I believe with Justice. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think we're going to be waiting for a long time in the Sahtu in terms of types of superintendents we're going to have in our region. So anyhow, that's for another day. I wanted to ask the Premier, will the regional superintendents of the Executive be able to override the deputy ministers in

providing directions to other departmental superintendents? Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Premier.

Mr. Speaker, the Executive superintendents in the regions will not be dictators or some kind of autonomous rulers in there. They're going to have to live by the guidelines, the directions, the legislation and the Minister's direction the same as all employees. So they won't be able to overrule the whole system. No, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr Premier. Final supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't think I was suggesting that the regional superintendents be dictators. I think we have enough in Yellowknife here to dictate to how the regions are going to run.