Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are hoping to get the report to committee I believe in the next couple of weeks. Again, it is a document which is being headed up by ITI. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one initiative I would ask the Minister to take into consideration in terms of our small communities and having the homeowners and people who live in public units be more responsible for power, if somehow they can put a metre into their building. We know that now we're

subsidizing 700 kilowatts per month, that the people can look at these metres and be more responsible in terms of the amount of energy they're using for that month. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have been working with other groups and agencies; the Arctic Energy Alliance. We have been doing energy audits with different private residents and also looking at government buildings and infrastructure, so there is a process already in place to work with the individual residents along with the buildings in our communities, regardless if they're municipal buildings or government buildings. So we are looking at the energy consumption in a lot of these facilities, but we do have a program that allows for residents to do an energy audit on their home at the present time. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Before I go on, I'm going to commend Members in the line of questioning and answers this morning.

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We have 30 minutes and 11 questions. I think I'm going to ask the Clerk to put this in the orientation binder as to how it should and could be done. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Workers' Compensation Board is headquartered here in Yellowknife; however, they do work in many communities and they make regular visits, for various reasons, to the communities. Are there any satellite offices outside of Yellowknife with the Workers' Compensation Board? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Honourable Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we do have staff in different locations, more in regards to our program staff as safety officers and whatnot in Inuvik, and also we do have a satellite office in Iqaluit which, because we are a joint board, we do have another regional office in those locations. But we do have staff in different locations such as Inuvik. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So it sounds like we have staff in Yellowknife and Inuvik. So my question is, given the number of visits paid to Hay River by WCB staff, and I know at least on a monthly basis there's staff in Hay River, has the WCB ever considered opening a satellite office in Hay River? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, no.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, 10,000 people live in the South Slave and Hay River is central to those communities. Would the Minister consider putting a regional office of the WCB in Hay River? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the best I can offer the Member is that I will bring this forward to the chair of the board, and also allow the board to have a discussion on this and see what the response is. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Range Lake, Ms. Lee.

Mr. Speaker, given that we have the fortune of asking a second question today, I'd like to just ask a question to the Minister of MACA and it's in regards to the aftermath of federal funding cuts where a number of cuts were made and one big one being literacy funding, and that has been restored somewhat by this government. But one that has not been dealt with is the volunteer sector contribution. I know that the Minister is well aware of the importance of that. There is even a government program supporting the volunteer sector, NWT volunteer initiative. I'd like to know if the Minister could give us an update on what measures he's taking to help that industry out, or that component. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Honourable Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we initiated a letter writing campaign and brought our intentions to the federal Minister regarding our concerns in the area of volunteerism. We have supported this whole initiative since it began. We feel it's very worthy

and we're quite concerned that the federal government has made these cuts. They have responded to us, indicating that they are not intending to restore any funding in this area so it has left us in a real difficult situation. However, we are looking at providing some money from our own resources, Mr. Speaker, and we're looking at reinstating some of the funding, not to the level that they were being funded by the federal government, but we're planning to put $50,000 towards volunteerism in this coming year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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