Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, sources I have outside of this building would indicate that the Kam Lake bypass road, the Yellowknife bypass road is not on a list. It is not on that Building Canada list. So I take issue with the Minister not saying that. There are competing priorities; yes, there are. That is a priority here in the city of Yellowknife. It belongs on that list. It is not on the list. I want to know why it is not on that list, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there is no list. If there is a list, there are many lists of many projects that are looked at. We are going to consider that in Cabinet. Once we have decided

that in Cabinet, we will come to the committee and look at the list, if there is a list. Right now, there is no list.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to extend question period. Thank you.

The Member is seeking unanimous consent to extend question period. Are there any nays? There are no nays. We will extend question period; but before we do, the Chair is going to call a short break.

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Back to orders of the day. Oral questions. Next on my list I have the honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services. During the last Assembly, I did lots of work on behalf of constituents in Fort Simpson getting a dialysis machine and dialysis located to Fort Simpson. I think it was in the plan for 2008. I would just like to ask where is it in the capital plan at this date.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, based on the successes we’ve had with respect to installing dialysis machines in Fort Smith to start with, outside of Yellowknife, of course, and Hay River, there is a plan in the near future to make dialysis machines available in Simpson. The issues the department are working on right now is with respect to the space at the centre, as well as staffing. Definitely this project is in the works. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I would just like to know as well, does the Minister know how many clients are currently from the Nahendeh riding located in Yellowknife or from the surrounding communities of Fort Simpson? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don’t have a specific number of patients with diabetes that require dialysis services in Deh Cho. I know there is most definitely a need to have that service in Simpson and we are working to make that happen in Simpson in that area. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was just trying to get at that as there is definitely a need. They have not only relocated to Yellowknife but to Hay River as well. I would just like to get assurance once again that it’s not being moved off the capital plan. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think the challenge is to put it in the capital plan and it is in the works. Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to get back to the Member on exactly where it’s at in terms of its planning process and where it is in the books. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Justice with regard to the community of Tsiigehtchic. As we all know, Tsiigehtchic doesn’t have a police presence there. As I mentioned earlier with the Minister of Health, the medical emergency they had in the community again, without having the key positions in place such as the nurse, police and whatnot, the community has to bear the stress of finding ways of dealing with these emergencies. I would like to ask the Minister of Justice what are we doing to put policing in communities such as Tsiigehtchic in light of what was announced today with regard to…(inaudible)…

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister of Justice, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the question on the police presence in Tsiigehtchic has an ongoing schedule planned for community visits. There are visits from the RCMP to communities. Like any other community, the communities that don’t have detachments, there are scheduled visits from our regional headquarters. So there are plans in place to continue that until such time as…The plan is to have a detachment in all communities. That’s one of the territorial goals of this territorial government and that’s a long-term plan as well. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister has stated there is a plan in place to look at communities that do not have policing. I would just like to ask the Minister who is overseeing that plan and what is the process to allow communities that don’t have policing to be involved in that dialogue or discussion so they can have input in finding a solution.