Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to table two documents today. First, the document entitled Aurora College 2005-2006 Annual Report and the document entitled Status of Women Council of the NWT Annual Report 2005-2006. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table three letters. They are an exchange between my office and that of the Honourable Jim Flaherty, the federal Minister of Finance, regarding the tourism and GST issue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Tabling of documents. Pursuant to section 14 of the indemnities, allowances and expenditure regulations of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, I hereby table the statutory declarations of residence of the following Members of the Assembly: Mrs. Jane Groenewegen, Member for Hay River South, declaration dated February 15, 2007; Mr. J. Michael Miltenberger, Member for Thebacha, declaration dated February 15, 2007; Mr. Bobby J. Villeneuve, Member for Tu Nedhe, declaration dated February 14, 2007; and, Mr. Norman Yakeleya, Member for Sahtu, declaration dated February 14, 2007.

Tabling of documents. Notices of motion. Notices of motion for first reading of bills. First reading of bills. Second reading of bills. Second reading of bills.

Colleagues, before I go into the next item on the order paper and move into Committee of the Whole, I want to remind Members of your rules regarding reference to persons who are unable to defend themselves in this House apply equally in Committee of the Whole as they do in formal session. In reviewing the unedited Hansard from yesterday's Committee of the whole, I was troubled to see that on at least one occasion, specific reference was made to personnel and private information regarding a health care professional in one of our small communities. It is both a rule of this Assembly and a common courtesy not to make specific reference to persons who are not Members of this House and who do not enjoy parliamentary immunity. This includes reference to Members of the public specifically by name or in such a way that there can be no mistake as to the identity of the individual involved. The parliamentary immunity that we all enjoy with in this Chamber comes with certain responsibilities. I would ask that Members respect the rights of those who do not have a direct voice in this Chamber both in formal session and in Committee of the Whole. Thank you, colleagues.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Bill 18, Bill 19 and Bill 21, Committee Reports 7-15(5), 8-15(5) and 9-15(5) with Mrs. Groenewegen in the chair.

I will call Committee of the Whole to order for today and ask what is the wish of the committee. Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, committee wishes to consider Bill 21, Appropriation Act, 2007-2008, specifically Health and Social Services and Public Works and Services. Mahsi.

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

Thank you. We will proceed with that after a break.

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We will reconvene Committee of the Whole. We left off yesterday on page 6-37...I'm sorry, page 6-35. At this time, I would like to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services if he would like to be accompanied by his witnesses.

Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Does committee agree?

Sergeant-at-Arms, can you escort the witnesses in, please?

Thank you. Mr. Minister, for the record, could you introduce your staff, please?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, to my left is the deputy minister of the Department of Health and Social Services, Mr. Chuck Parker; and, to my right is Mr. Derek Elkin, director of finance.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Page 6-37, community health and programs, grants and contributions, contributions...General comments. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For clarification, what page are we on? I thought I heard you say page 6-35.

Mr. Braden. For Committee of the Whole, we are on page 6-37. Mr. Braden.

Mr. Chairman, I would seek committee's concurrence to return to page 6-35, community health programs.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Braden is requesting to return to page 6-35. Does committee agree?

Thank you. We are now on page 6-35, activity summary, community health programs, operation expenditures summary, $69,187. Mr. Braden. I'm sorry. I am going to clarify that. It's $69.187 million.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under community health programs, the activity description here tells us that this amount of money, almost $70 million, goes into supporting our outside health facilities and institutional care, assisted living, counselling intervention. In this area, Mr. Chairman, I am including the services that we provide and expect to improve on providing for persons with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. I wanted to ask the department or the Minister what is the level and extent of this requirement in the Northwest Territories? How many people are currently in need of assistance to deal with dementia or Alzheimer's condition, Mr. Chairman?

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Minister.