Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask for a very specific commitment and that is would the Minister look at bringing back to the House a very specific review of this project, the new pellet heating system for the North Slave Correctional Centre, and its applicability to other facilities, government-owned facilities, in the North? Also you have to take into consideration its implication on the Power Corporation and such. Could the Minister make a commitment to do a review and bring it back to us for the business planning session this summer? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will commit to that and I will also commit to the Members if they would like a tour of the facility to see for themselves how this wood pellet system works. That is also being offered at this time. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Final supplementary, Ms. Lee. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Nunakput, Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of ECE. Mr. Speaker, we all know that ECE received over $30 million plus from the Housing Corporation with regard to income support clients for public housing units. Mr. Speaker, I received four complaints from tenants from the community of Tuktoyaktuk after they returned home for Christmas holidays. Mr .Speaker, I might say these tenants were in good standing before they left for Aurora College in Inuvik. Upon their return back from Christmas holidays, they were given eviction notices by the local housing association. Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Minister of ECE. What policy does ECE have in place with regard to tenants who want to go and further their education outside of the communities? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the policy that has been adopted by ECE is the same one that was in place with the Housing Corporation. We do ensure that people who have homes are able to maintain them or keep them for when they return after schooling. The Member referred to an issue in Tuk where there was a mistake made and we've worked to make sure that that is resolved. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister indicated that there was a mistake made by the department. Have his clients been notified and has the local housing authority been notified? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the mistake was made by the local housing authority and, yes, people have been notified and to the best of my knowledge, everybody is satisfied with the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Mr. Pokiak.

Mr. Speaker, as I indicated earlier, when they got back from Christmas holidays, they were up to $5,000 in arrears. Are these tenants in good standing now with the local housing authority under ECE? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can't say that each of the tenants is in good standing with the LHO or ECE. I can say the issue where the arrears were assessed incorrectly has been corrected. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The honourable Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I said yesterday, while we have some policies, we don't have a policy document as such for housing standards for seniors. The idea is not a bad one, but we don't have one document that deals with that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Minister, for the clarification of that answer. Mr. Speaker, my next question to the Minister would be could he endeavour to take on the task of looking into creating a policy guideline to ensure that our seniors and our disabled people are taken care of on the basis and principles of barrier-free design and aging in place guidelines? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are building a number of seniors' units this year and next year and the year after. Certainly when we design those, I will talk to the Housing Corporation about building them in a way that they are barrier-free, that they can be adapted to enable seniors to live independently as long as possible. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.