Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment.

1. Please provide, in detail, information on what actions the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment has taken for the benefit of the barren-ground caribou outfitters industry from the time he was aware of the fact that the barren-ground caribou tags would be reduced to 750 for the year until today, February 13, 2007.
2. Please provide the details of the action plan, including financial contributions, if any, the department has developed in response to the ENR Minister's final decision as stated in the House to reduce the number of tags allocated for this year to 750 and for next year to 350.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Written questions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs.

1. Please provide information on the increase/decrease of accumulated community financial support for each of the 33 communities in the NWT under the New Deal.
2. Could the Minister please define how "communities' ability to raise revenue" is determined?
3. Please provide the cost of trucked water and sewer services as billed to consumers of these services for each of the 33 communities in the NWT.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Written questions. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Written questions. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment.

1. How many Sahtu Dene or Metis guides/employees were hired in the past five years by outfitters working in the Sahtu region?
2. What is the amount of financial loss in the Sahtu due to the Sahtu decision to the caribou hunting?
3. Will the aboriginal hunting be considered in all decisions that will impact the outfitters?
4. What information is the government reviewing in order to determine possible compensation for outfitters because of the reductions of caribou permits?
5. What are the precedents in the NWT for government compensation of an industry?
6. What are the factors that would affect the amount of compensation? In what form would compensation be made to the outfitters?
7. Is the government investigating maintaining the outfitting industry or on retraining the outfitters?
8. The outfitting industry employs over 300 people. Will compensation be available to the employees as well as the owners of the outfitting companies?

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Written questions. The honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Premier.

Can you provide a summary of the amount of money from resource royalties taken from the Northwest Territories by the federal government in the past 20 years?

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Written questions. Returns to written questions .The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to return to item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery.

The Member is seeking unanimous consent to return to item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Are there any nays? There are no nays. You may return to item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much, colleagues. I would like to recognize from my Nahendeh riding, Mr. Jo-Jo Gargan and Mr. Michael Lafferty. Thank you. Mahsi.

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Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Recognition of visitors in the gallery. Replies to budget address. Petitions. Reports of committees on the review of bills. Tabling of documents. The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled GNWT's Response to the Report on Pre-Budget Consultation.

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Thank you, Mr. Roland. Tabling of documents. Notices of motions. Notices of motion for first reading of bills. First reading of bills. Second reading of bills. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Bill 18, Bill 19, Bill 21, Committee Report 7-15(5), Committee Report 8-15(5) and Committee Report 9-15(5), with Mrs. Groenewegen in the chair.

I will call Committee of the Whole to order. It's quarter to one. Is it quarter to one? What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the committee wishes to consider Bill 21, Appropriation Act, 2007-2008, specifically the NWT Housing Corporation. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Is the committee agreed?

Agreed. We will resume Committee of the Whole after a brief break.

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I'm going to call Committee of the Whole back to order. When we adjourned yesterday, we were dealing with the NWT Housing Corporation. At this time I'd like to ask the Minister, Premier Joe Handley, if he would like to bring witnesses into the Chamber today. Mr. Handley.

Yes, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Does the committee agree?