Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I continually ask my department to provide me with communities where difficulties arise and we have our officials work with various methods within the government to find resolution to this. As I stated, the mandate for housing lies with the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation and the Financial Management Board Secretariat for professionals within our government. So it is not within my ability to go into a community and sit down and negotiate with various organizations to resolve this issue, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am committed, Mr. Speaker, to continue to work for resolution on this. However, as we all know there is a Housing Corporation. We do have a deputy ministers' task force to look at this issue and it is not within my mandate, Mr. Speaker, to go into the communities and resolve this directly with corporations and so forth. We have a process to deal with that. That is the proper way to deal with it. Am I concerned? Of course I am concerned. I am very, very concerned. Am I interested in resolution on this? As I said, I have been working on this. I am working with the Minister responsible for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, the Minister of the Financial Management Board Secretariat and so forth. So it is an issue that we are all very, very concerned about. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as we know, a number of years ago the government got out of the ownership of housing. At the time there were several initiatives that were undertaken by the government to involve the Housing Corporation. I do not have the mandate, Mr. Speaker, to resolve this issue. It is not within my power to resolve the issue of housing for teachers although I am, on an ongoing basis, dealing with this to ensure that we can move forward and find some resolution for this particularly difficult problem that is facing people. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This has been an issue that I have discussed with my own department extensively, as well as with other Cabinet Members because it is an issue of concern to all of us. It is ongoing and it does shift from community to community. We seem to get the problem solved and then it arises perhaps in other communities. So it is definitely an issue that we are very concerned about. We do have a deputy ministers' task force on housing that we have suggested come forward with possible options that could be looked at by us as a Cabinet. It is not only in the teacher area, but in the whole area of housing. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, the comments may be in relation to a question asked about housing in Tuktoyaktuk and I indicated that, in that particular case, I was informed that there were two houses available in Tuktoyaktuk, but they would have to be provided at fair market rent. It could be possible that individuals could share. I believe that is what the Member is referring to.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can commit to have my staff assist the Hay River organization to see first of all, if we can support any applications for their organization in Hay River, if we can find funding from our particular operations. Additionally, we can assist to identify possible funding from Heritage Canada. Heritage Canada does have programs, as well, in addition to our own. We have a program for small museums for revitalization and safety areas. We can look at that possibility for the community, Mr. Speaker. I can commit to have my staff deal with the organization in Hay River.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can't answer that question. I will certainly get the answer for the Member on whether we have and the amounts that we have, if we have supported the heritage centre.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the term "heritage centre" is used in Yellowknife for the Prince of Wales Heritage Centre. It was a name that had to be allocated back in 1979 by the federal government who would not fund museums. They would fund heritage centres. That is the basis under which it got established. In the Northwest Territories, communities have their museums or heritage centres, heritage sites, and I believe they have the freedom to do that and name them heritage centres or museums, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I have become aware of the situation in Hay River with their historical site building and museum through the media, through the Hay River paper. So I am familiar with the efforts that are being made in Hay River to continue with an organization, with a facility where they can continue to house their artifacts and I recognize the importance of that for the community.