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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I probably wouldn't be too far from the truth, I guess, if I suggested that Yellowknife, as a capital city in this country, experiences the most power outages of any capital city in North America. I have been to other cities in the summertime. The power doesn't go out, Mr. Speaker. Businesses are paying the price. When the power goes out at a restaurant at lunchtime, they lose $2,000 in sales over the lunch period. Mr. Speaker, it is not acceptable. What will the Power Corporation do to ensure that there aren't the outages and disturbances in the future? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as we know, the Power Corporation supplies power to Yellowknife through a wholesale agreement with NUL. Northland Utilities is the distributor in Yellowknife and Hay River and a few other communities. Again, they are the operator that provides the power to the residents of Yellowknife. Again, through their rate application, this question could be brought up with the NUL and also in

regards to the Public Utilities Board to ensure that there is information provided in regards to the number of outages. If the Member would like, I can give him a breakdown of exactly how many outages have taken place and also exactly what has caused the breakdown to occur. If the Member would like, I can provide him with that information. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, a recent meeting in Inuvik, the BDRC and then at a follow-up meeting with the Gwich'in, they were told that an office for the socio-economic impact fund was going to be established possibly in Calgary. We are talking Mackenzie Valley, not wild rose country. I would like to ask the Premier if he is aware of a final location being decided on that office. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Premier, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I did raise this matter with Minister Prentice and he clarified that the office will not be in the South anywhere but will be in the North. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you very much. We are talking north of the Arctic Circle, right? Has a decision been made as to where in the North this office will go?

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, I can't speak for Minister Prentice, but I made the assumption he was speaking north of the 60th parallel. He was speaking about it being in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Premier if he will be consulted as to the best possible location for this office north of the Arctic Circle. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, I have no confirmation that I will be consulted. Mr. Speaker, I know Minister Prentice has been consulted. He has received letters. I have seen copies from some of the leaders in the North about where the office should be. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Hay River is going to be a very keen integral place if the Mackenzie gas project proceeds because much material will come in by rail. Much material will leave by barge and also our access to the highway coming to the South. So there is a lot of discussion that needs to take place around infrastructure in anticipation of the Mackenzie gas project. I would like to ask the Minister if he could update for the House any plan or work that has gone into the potential for a gathering in Hay River to bring together the folks from the rail and highway, talk about municipal infrastructure of communities that are going to be impacted, a focus on infrastructure, capacity for barges, tugboats, those sorts of things and projections to prepare industry to respond to the needs that will arise? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The honourable Minister responsible for Industry, Tourism and Investment, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First, let me say that I understand this week ITI officials and Imperial Oil have been meeting in Norman Wells. I think they are going to meet in Hay River on Friday to talk about impacts to municipalities. They will be working with the other municipalities. So there is some work going on to better understand the kinds of impacts that we will see municipally. I will be very careful to talk about committee discussions, but we have a Joint Pipeline Committee of AOC, Cabinet members. I do intend to come back and present some options to that committee that relate to infrastructure, conferences, some works and discussions we can have. I will present a variety of options and dates. That committee will make some decisions in the future. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Mr. Speaker, I will defer to my colleagues. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Thebacha, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to continue my questions with the Minister of Public Works and Services. While the Minister may have a certain amount of things to be defensive about with Public Works and Services, I don't think necessarily that TSC is one of them. I characterize my concern as an inadvertent occurrence that happened and wasn't anticipated. I would like to ask the Minister again. We have had concerns raised. I have had concerns raised from businesses in my community as well as I am aware of others from other communities about the market disruption and the impact of the TSC. I would like to ask the Minister if he would commit to try to sit down and ascertain the market disruption. Did it occur? To what extent? Are there any possible remedies? This was not supposed to happen. Thank you.