Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have worked with our territorial counterparts on this file. As well, I have sent a letter to all the provincial Finance Ministers, because northern parts of the provinces would fall into a number of the zones that may be affected. Once we start receiving input back from them, we would hopefully carry a joint effort forward to federal Finance. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Mr. Speaker, there was consternation across the land in the last few months with cuts to many front-line social service organizations, Mr. Speaker. Especially of concern here in the North were cuts to those agencies involved in literacy and volunteerism. Mr. Speaker, this government chose to do some backfilling there and they're to be complimented for that. But it is intolerable, unacceptable, that this should be a download from Ottawa onto the provinces and the territories. Mr. Speaker, has the Minister taken these cuts and our objection to them directly to Ottawa to ask for the federal government to restore this spending?

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Premier has led the charge dealing directly with the Prime Minister's office. As well, each department that was affected by that also contacted their appropriate federal Ministers to highlight their concern and the displeasure with the announcement that was made, and encouraged the federal government to re-evaluate its stance. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Final supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Finally, Mr. Speaker, the other big one on the shopping list here is related to the resource revolution stuff, is the formula financing deal that I know in fact we tried to crack that one even late in the previous Assembly, Mr. Speaker. After almost four years now, are we going to see some real progress in amending the very old-fashioned and cumbersome formula financing deal that we now have with Ottawa, Mr. Speaker?

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The work around formula financing has begun. There have been a number of technical meetings on what a new formula will look like. We understand that as part of this federal budget that will be launched, I guess you can say, on March 19th will include new arrangements for formula financing as well as equalization. So there is work in those areas and we're waiting to see some of the detail on that. Thank you.

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

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the work is ongoing. I haven't been given an update as to whether that survey has been concluded. There were two sections of it as it went through. I'm not sure if we finished with that and are waiting for final stages and a report from the department. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think we'll have to wait to get some more details and maybe the Minister will undertake to do that. I understand there is another review being done by the UNW with respect to working conditions and harassment issues or violence issues. I'd like to ask the Minister if he's aware of that and whether he can undertake to take a look at that and see what government can do to implement the findings there in partnership with UNW. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm not aware of further work that's ongoing by

the UNW. Our focus has been through the cooperation we've had through this Assembly and the Social Programs committee, working at Stanton and through the department, as well as being assisted by Human Resources. So we're waiting for that final piece before we can proceed. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't think the Minister has detail of the information on this review, so may I ask the Minister to make a commitment to look at not only the human resources review that's being worked on at the hospital, but also the survey being undertaken by UNW. I'd just like to ask him to commit to looking at that and see what we can do to implement some of those findings. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the review that's ongoing at Stanton through our process is something that I'll look forward to seeing and seeing how we can rectify things there, if there are situations that need to be fixed, and make sure that all aspects of it get looked at with an eye to making things better. The issue of UNW, again, I'm unfamiliar with that report or process and I would be happy to see what they have if they're willing to share that with us. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I indicated in my Member's statement about the sudden death of Mrs. Voudrach at the Stanton Territorial Hospital, my question is for the Honourable Floyd Roland, the Minister of Health and Social Services. I'd like to ask the Minister, when a death occurs in the operating room, does that cause an immediate investigation on the cause of death? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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