Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. These concerns that the Member is bringing up are precisely why we're re-evaluating and conducting these new studies to have a real good look at the runways and the new modern regulations that he's concerned about that affects his communities and these aircraft in his area.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Villeneuve.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The universal partnership agreements are agreements between the local housing organization and the Housing Corporation. They don't directly include the Education, Culture and Employment department, although that department does provide support to the individuals as well. But, Mr. Speaker, we hadn't thought of revising them to include ECE in the agreements. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think it's imperative that we have to involve ECE in these agreements, because the LHOs just don't know where they stand when they're dealing with ECE because they're not even in the agreements. Any kind of reporting requirements that ECE demands of the LHOs, where is that written? It's just written in the policy of the program delivery. There's nothing in the agreement that says we have to have these reports coming out every two months; ECE has to give them money every quarter on time. They can't wait an extra month or two months to get their quarterly funding, and ECE has to provide that on a timely basis. There's no agreement in place, a partnership agreement, that says they are bound to this agreement to provide money on a quarterly basis, and that's every three months to the day, not two or three months after the fact or the LHOs are in a deficit position. Can the Minister get ECE on board, I guess, because we're all in this public housing initiative together. So they should all be in one agreement, I would say. So can we do that? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll have to take a look at the agreements. I haven't read the wording in them, but, Mr. Speaker, my understanding is that as it works it's the Housing Corporation that provides the funding to the LHOs. They don't get a cheque from ECE. ECE's relationship is with the Housing Corporation. The Housing Corporation has a relationship with the LHO. But, Mr. Speaker, I'll undertake to have a look at those agreements to see whether or not there are some gaps left in there. I can assure the Member, though, that the Housing Corporation, the LHOs and the ECE regional

people are working effectively together. There may be disagreements, but they work together. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Time for question period has expired. I'll allow the Member a short supplementary. Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to ask, I know the LHOs are trying to work diligently with ECE. ECE, the feedback I'm getting is that they're really busy. They have so many subsidy programs that they don't even know where the LHOs sit from one day to the next when it comes to rent subsidies that they have to dish out income support and all that stuff. So I'm just wondering, just so we can get everybody on a level playing field, can we revisit these UPAs and get them updated that reflect everybody's responsibility in this whole public housing issue here that we have in the NWT that just never seems to go away and I don't think it's going to go away any time soon. But let's get up to snuff on it and get up to, you know...

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm going to take a look at the universal partnership agreements myself. I'm curious about this issue the Member is raising. Mr. Speaker, as well, we will review this issue to the oversight committee, which has senior level representation from both Housing Corporation and ECE, to have a look at to make sure that we're as streamlined as we can possibly be on this one. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Time for oral questions has expired. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Mr. Speaker, I'd like to seek unanimous consent to return to Item 6 on the Order Paper, oral questions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. The Member is seeking unanimous consent to return to item 6, oral questions. Are there any nays? We will return to item 6, oral questions. Before we do that, the Chair is going to call a short break.

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I will call committee back to order. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Transportation. I would like to know if the Minister or the Department of Transportation has anything to do with the security measures that are in place at the Yellowknife Airport. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The honourable Minister of Transportation, Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The security contract is put out by CATSA, which is a federal authority, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't know if this is a problem at most airports, but people are very reluctant to complain about airport security because if you do, they look at you suspiciously and wonder why you are complaining about it. The airport security check, the initial part of it when you walk through the metal detector, if you set the detector off, they take a wand and they should be able to just use the wand within inches of your body and if there is any metal, it should set off the alarm. But at the airport here in Yellowknife, on numerous occasions -- and this is something that probably people don't speak out about, but I'm going to speak out on their behalf -- they run the wand right on your body. I have a problem with that. I'd like to know if that's necessary. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I'm not aware of the exact methodology that the security personnel are using, Mr. Speaker. Once again, the security is a federal contract that's held by the Canadian Air Safety and Transport Agency, CATSA, but we can convey the Member's concern, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.