Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are a number of options to look at. One of them would be to switch over and begin to produce power and so on with diesel. Another one would be to just simply switch to propane and if we believe gas is coming through the pipeline anyway and it's going to be a matter of five or six years, then it's much less expensive to switch the units over to propane and use propane for a few years and if natural gas is available, go back to natural gas rather than go to the expensive route of diesel. Mr. Speaker, a consultant has been hired. Our people are looking at it. We will see what the options are. Then we will meet with the town and with them, decide what is the most appropriate and what level of support might be necessary. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think the residents of Norman Wells would sure appreciate hearing from this government that some support may be considered. Mr. Speaker, the question I would ask to Mr. Premier regarding Imperial dropping the bomb on the town of Norman Wells in terms of this decision, we had a deal with Imperial Oil and I say we, the Norman Wells preliminary agreement that was settled. What type of assurance do we have when we sign on with Imperial for future development such as the pipeline? What type of assurance will we have that this won't be done and our children won't be dealing with this type of issue the next 20, 30 or 40 years? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think if people think back, they shouldn't be 100 percent surprised by this decision because when they hooked up, they knew it was going to happen someday. Mr. Speaker, we are looking, as we negotiate on the pipeline, the feasibility of connecting communities to gas from that pipeline. Mr. Speaker, even that will run out some day. I will go back to my favourite fuel and that is hydro fuel. I think we have to, in the long term, look at hydro generated power that is there as long as the rivers flow, and that is going to be our long-term source, Mr. Speaker. But that is long term. Immediately, we will work with the town and come up with what makes most sense. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Monfwi, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. McLeod, since he sat there quietly. Mr. Speaker, the capacity building fund initiative undertaken by the GNWT, the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, was a great investment for 33 communities. Over 90 percent of the fund has been dispersed to date. However, Mr. Speaker, the community of Behchoko is still awaiting their share of the pie. What is the current stage with respect to the capacity building fund with the community of Behchoko? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the community capacity building fund is an initiative to provide some resources to the communities to work on projects that the community feels is in their best interest. There is very little criteria that was established around this fund. It was one that would be a fund that would benefit the community. It had to be demonstrated. The other one was to have all the community government organizations sign on to the application. So far, we have not received an application that has both signatures from Behchoko yet. We have had some discussions with the leadership of that community. There is, I think, five communities left that haven't received their fund. Some communities have requested that we extend the time to give them a little more time. So we extended the deadline to the end of June, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there is a hold-up on the funds that was supposed to flow to the community of Behchoko. Some disputes between Behchoko community government and the MACA

department less of governing bodies entitled to the said fund, the capacity building fund. Mr. Speaker, can the department outline who is eligible in the community of Behchoko to access this fund?

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Access to this fund is not spelled out in the directive. It is intended to benefit any community projects or organizations for that matter, Mr. Speaker. I think the problem that we are having here is who is required to sign off on the project. The signatures are required. In the case of Behchoko, it is the Behchoko government and also the Metis Local for that community and also the MLA for that riding. Those are the signatures that we require. So far, we have not had a proposal from the community with both those signatures on there. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there was a list that went around the organization, municipality, the list of organizations, association and agencies. The Department of MACA is going by the dates dating back to 1998. That is prior to the Tlicho Agreement that was signed in 2005, the new agreement as an agreement that was signed by this GNWT will full respect. As you can see, it outlines in this agreement one governing body in Behchoko. Why doesn't this GNWT, the Department of MACA, respect and honour the agreement and acknowledge that there is only one governing body in Behchoko and that serves the whole community of Behchoko, a Behchoko community government? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. By no means are we trying to insinuate that the community government of Behchoko doesn't serve its residents. Mr. Speaker, this agreement or document was signed prior to the Tlicho Government coming into power. It requires us to have the community governments that are in the community and I have laid it out which ones were there and had to sign on, and it also involves the Metis local which still has members and serves their members. It would be really unfair for us to remove them at this point, Mr. Speaker.

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

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when we did sign the Tlicho Agreement, it was a clean slate in 2005. The new government that came into play, the GNWT was supposed to be working with. The proposed investment for this particular capacity building fund, the majority of the fund was supposed to go to the sportsplex in the community of Behchoko. It has been a long time coming, Mr. Speaker. The youth in the community are anxiously waiting for this to happen. Let them see the light and move forward. Will the Minister go ahead and disperse the fund to the community of Behchoko government where all community members, organizations, associations, agencies, will truly benefit as a community? Let's do the right thing and move on. Let's not wait. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is our intention, Mr. Speaker, it is to do the right thing and serve all the communities in a fair manner. Excluding one group at this point that still has a recognition and good standing would be unfair, Mr. Speaker. We are waiting for a submission that would come from the community with both signatures on it. We will wait. We have extended the deadline until the end of June. Failing to have an agreement at that point, we will take the next steps and call on the communities to come forward with individual proposals, then we will make the decision. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Inuvialuit, the Gwich'in, the people in the Sahtu and the NWT Metis Nation have signed on to the AIP on devolution and resource revenue sharing. I would like to ask the Premier, there are some remaining groups that still we would like to see signed on. Is there still an opportunity for them to sign on and be part of this AIP? Thank you.

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