Mr. Speaker, I take the Member's questions and I think we feel the same way about this project. We believe this project can stand on its own merits but it will require federal help. We will sit down, and I will sit down, and we'll talk as a Cabinet about this issue. We have been very clear with the federal Minister. On a number of occasions, I've met with both the Minister and the Aboriginal Pipeline Group; just recently with Fred Carmichael a couple of weeks ago. The Minister knows, the DIAND Minister knows that federal support is going to be required. However, Mr. Speaker, we'll talk as a Cabinet and put something together. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of Health with regard to the Member's statement that I made earlier. It speaks to the importance of having a breast health screening program for all women, you know, that is fairly equal to one another. We have now an excellent on-demand program for women in Yellowknife, Detah, Ndilo. Inuvik has room to grow, but they're trying to do it within their own funding and I think that needs special attention. In small communities we don't have anything at all so I'd like to ask the Minister...

I understand that there is a proposal before the government to expand this program and I would like to know if the Minister will make a commitment to look at it and to find a way to advance that as soon as possible. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we, as the Member has pointed out, have worked on improving health care in the Northwest Territories and, as she quite rightly pointed out, the difficulty we have in expanding some of our care levels into the smaller communities and regions. I'll have to get more information from the department as to what was done with the report the Member made reference to. As for going out and getting more funding, as the Member is aware, we just recently passed the budget for the upcoming year and we'll do what we can within the existing resources that we have available to us. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I understand it was a specific funding proposal and we all know how big the budget for the Department of Health and Social Services is, so hopefully there is money in there. Mr. Speaker, my question, and I should also point out the fact that a lot of programming that's being done is Stanton gets money raised by private groups as well, and there are lots of women all over the Territories trying to do that. So it's a partnership between government and other NGO groups and action groups. There's one thing that I think the government should look at for small communities and that's a mobile mammography program for those communities where they cannot have mammography machines but those programs could still be accessible. Could the Minister make a commitment to undertake a review of that option? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, we will. I will go back to the department to find out where we are in that program. I do believe there was work done in the past in trying to expand that level of service. We'll find out where that is at and work towards trying to continue on with that program. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Short supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just to follow up on that, availability of mammography and mobile mammograms are just one aspect of breast health and a Breast Screening Program, but what the government really needs is an overall program in this area that would focus on early detection and prevention, which keeps the costs down and keeps women healthy. So could I get the Minister to report back to us on what the government is doing to develop a comprehensive program in that regard? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to come back with the information that the Member has requested and work with committee on the initiatives and how we can continue to improve on the level of service available to the women in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Final, short supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to put a time frame on this. Could the Minister indicate as to when would be earliest opportunity for him to present that to us? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we'll try to have something together before we sit down in the next session.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today in my Member's statement I cited employment and training concerns that I have about our northerners that they will be facing. I'm concerned about the lack of real benefits, as I see it, and Mr. Speaker, if I had my way I'd have the Mackenzie gas project SEA before this House for a vote to see if we approve, even if it's a symbolic vote. But, Mr. Speaker, that's not going to happen, but at least, hopefully, these questions will have answers. Now that we have time back on the construction clock, Mr. Speaker, what does the Department of Education, Culture and Employment have as a breakdown for all the kinds of positions that northerners will qualify for, including management positions? If they don't have this information, what are they doing about getting this information? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The honourable Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have the Aboriginal Skills Employment Program in the Northwest Territories that has $13 million to put into training. This is an operation that is funded by the federal government, GNWT, industry and aboriginal governments. What we do there is work with the pipeline companies and the oil industries to make sure that people are offered training to get into the jobs that are going to be relevant. So we know that a lot of the jobs aren't going to be pipeline related in the future; the pipeline is always seen as something that would stimulate a broader field of endeavours. So we're trying to make sure that we have people who are trained for the ancillary jobs that you'll find when fields of gas are opened up. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.