Thank you, Madam Chair. Just a couple of general comments with regard to the property taxation assessment. Again, somewhere along the lines like Mr. Villeneuve, people have a hard time understanding this. I, as a private homeowner, have a pretty good idea of how it operates. The one question I have is that every year MACA goes out and assesses the property, and each year I get my property assessed and so does everybody else. Maybe that is where some of these assessors might come in handy in terms of assessment of lands. How do they do that at the present time? Do they just fly in and fly out, or do they take the assessments from the previous year and work with it? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, it's fine to provide assets to the communities, but one more time, Mr. Minister, will you provide the funds necessary to ensure that the community of Paulatuk can continue using their freezer for fish and game? Thank you.

Thanks, Mr. Speaker. One more question for the Minister. Mr. Minister, will you ensure that the hunters will be able to continue operating these programs? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks for that information, Mr. Bell. Will you keep me informed with regard to your department's discussions with the community of Paulatuk so I know exactly if funds will be available? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the honourable Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. As I stated in my Member's statement, the residents of Paulatuk rely on the local community freezer to store their fish and game. Will the Minister find the necessary funds to continue this program? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On my recent trip to attend the Beaufort-Delta interim regional council meeting in Inuvik, I was approached by a resident of Paulatuk who was very concerned about the possible closure of the community freezer. I also heard the same concern from two other residents in Paulatuk.

Mr. Speaker, my understanding is that community freezers were installed about 20 years ago to help small communities store their fish and game hygienically and to ensure that a supply was always available when game was scarce.

Public Works and Government Services used to fund the core maintenance of the community freezer program. This program was transferred to RWED in 1996. In 1999, RWED turned over the money to the communities in the form of block funding. Mr. Speaker, the community freezer in Paulatuk is being heavily used by the residents of Paulatuk according to the information supplied by my constituents. Community freezers are a vital component in a small community for preserving their fish and game. The most recent concern raised by my constituent is that RWED is considering not funding the community freezer in Paulatuk. This individual indicated that to maintain the community freezer, it would cost about $17,000 a year, money that the community of Paulatuk or its residents do not have readily available.

Mr. Speaker, Paulatuk residents see the community freezer as a valuable resource for preserving their fish and game. Surely RWED can accommodate a request of just $17,000 a year for the maintenance of the community freezer in Paulatuk. RWED should reconsider assisting Paulatuk, as well as Holman and Sachs if required, in funding this program.

Mr. Speaker, in closing, I will ask the appropriate Minister questions on the funding of the community freezer program in Paulatuk. Thank you.

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Thank you, Madam Chair. Just one quick one here. I'm going to have to jump into this BIP again. I

guess being new to the system, I understand the GNWT does have a BIP in place in terms of contracts and stuff like that. I'm just wondering, in this instance we're talking about...what is it 24, 22 units with the Housing Corporation? I'm just wondering, Madam Chair, how many other times will the Cabinet make decisions without coming to AOC or somebody else to talk about going to open tenders? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll go on to another one really quickly here. Earlier the Minister talked about seniors eventually owning their units. I'm just wondering through you, Madam Chair, if prior to doing things like that if the corporation will make sure that...It even happens to homeowners, when you think about it. Will the Minister make sure that his staff, even in the distant regions, thoroughly make sure that the Housing Corporation, when they do decide to turn over the units to the seniors at some point in time down the road, that they really understand what they are getting into because again we'll have that problem? I've had some calls in the past back home already where some seniors do own their own units after they were given from the corporation, and they don't understand the maintenance costs and everything like that. They still rely on the local housing associations to take on that responsibility. Will the corporation make sure these seniors are well aware of what's going to happen to them if they do take over their units? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm talking about the 44 loan guarantees where there were four defaults. I don't know if that's the HAP program or not. You might even have to clarify with me because I don't know what EDAP is about, but I'm talking about it anyway. There are 18 defaults in that regard too. I'm just wondering, can you explain or let us know exactly what happened? Did the corporation do a thorough review or screening of the applicants when they first submitted their names or did they just say, there are four units here, would you like to invest in them or not? Thank you, Madam Chair.