Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we've done a number of surveys already and we're quite comfortable with our numbers that were provided for the Bathurst herd, also a number of the other herds, the Bluenose herd and the Cape Bathurst. The plan is to go forward next year and do the survey for the Beverly herd, Mr. Speaker. We have to work with the other jurisdictions, especially Nunavut, to start looking at having further consultations and discussion about protecting some of the calving grounds and things that were recommended at the Caribou Summit, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Final supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Minister recognize the fact that caribou herds are not being surveyed consistently just like Census Canada, although I won't speak to their efficiency, but I will say the fact that they survey Canada from coast to coast to coast, it seems unreasonable that they would do it, well, one area this year, the next area the year after, and maybe we'll get around to one eventually or we could just guess. So the fact is there's inconsistent numbers out there. Would the Minister commit to the fact that we need to look at all the numbers at once, therefore, we could have a real understanding of what the numbers are? Could he look into that? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. McLeod.

Mr. Speaker, I think our government spends roughly around $600,000 a year on issues surrounding caribou. One herd to be surveyed is about $250,000 to $300,000, Mr. Speaker. There are other issues that we look at. There are other ways that we monitor caribou herds: calf survival rates; calf birthrates; we look at wolf dens. All those things have to be part of the assessment and that costs money, Mr. Speaker. There are a number of other herds out there. I'm not sure if the Member wants us to start surveying the Qamanirjuaq herd, the Wager Bay herd, the Lorillard herd. Those herds are really outside of our jurisdiction and don't venture into this part of the Territories. Mr. Speaker, if we could survey all the herds across North America, that

would be the best angle to take, but we can only work with what the resources allow us to do. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Ms. Groenewegen. The honourable Member for Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Public Works took a look at that school and provided a report to us. They do recommend that we move forward as quickly as possible with a renovation project. They recommended that we look at starting the planning in the next fiscal year, finish the planning the year after that, with construction to start two years hence, on a renovation project. They haven't identified areas where they saw that it was a danger to human occupation. We would have to deal with that immediately if they had identified some of those problems. But they did make clear to us that it is time to ensure that the project gets brought forward. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Ms. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, would the Minister make available a copy of that review to me? I would like to see a copy of that review of that facility, because I believe there are things in that school which could potentially be dangerous, unsafe and unhealthy. I'd like to see a copy of it to see if it identifies those things. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Groenewegen. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The report does identify ways in which the operations of the facility could be changed right now in order to make sure that it is a safer, more comfortable place to be. But in talking to my colleague, the Minister of Public Works, he's agreed that that report can be made available and we'd be happy to provide that to the Member.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Final supplementary, Ms. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, some of the things that need to be done to make the school more functional and safer in the interim, would the Minister commit to looking at those things, identifying costs and bringing forward something in the form of supplementary funding or financing to address those deficiencies? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Groenewegen. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We'll take a look at all of the recommendations that have come in in the technical report. I believe that we are moving on those that have been identified already, but I'll review that.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Nunakput, Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I'm going to have questions for the Minister of ENR. Yesterday we talked about alternative energy here in the House. I appreciate the fact that Ulukhaktok, Sachs Harbour, Tuk and Paulatuk are part of the Wind Energy Development Program. I have a question for the Minister responsible for ENR. I understand that the federal government has a program called Equal Energy for Renewable Power and a program discussion paper, and one of the things that they left out, Mr. Speaker, is remote, small communities in the Arctic. I'm wondering, can the Minister responsible for ENR talk with his fellow counterparts to include the remote, small communities as part of the discussion program? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. The honourable Minister responsible for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the announcements by the federal government, we haven't had all the detail provided to us yet. I've had the opportunity to talk to Minister Lunn regarding some of the announcements, and he's indicated that we will have the detail, including the breakout as to the actual dollars. So we're still waiting for those things. We're hoping that some of the federal announcements that have come forward along with our new Energy and Greenhouse Gas Strategy, we'll be able to marry up and we'll be able to provide some programming for the communities in the Northwest Territories.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Supplementary, Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd appreciate it if the Minister could provide that information once he gets the details, Mr. Speaker. I understand there's a small-scale renewable and alternative power facility located outside of Tuk. I understand that they are having problems with it right now and they'd like to relocate it. I wonder if the Minister can provide funding to relocate the wind power generate...