Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Bill 14, and Committee Report 3-12(2) and wishes to report progress with three motions being adopted. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the chairman of the committee of the whole be concurred with.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This eight million dollars for the NWT Development Corporation does not have actual programs set up for it. Does that mean that this would include looking into newly discovered potential markets? for example, limestone on Southampton Island -- exporting and marketing of limestone from Southampton Island? Would some of these new discoveries qualify under that new program?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the Coral Harbour area, we built sites at the native points where the Thule culture sites are, and we have received two cruise ships in the last five years. They have been very successful visits, and in fact, when they came back the following year almost 50 per cent of the previous visitors came too, and also, they were very, very interested in seeing Christopher Falls, which is very close to Coral Harbour. You have concentrated on a visitors' centre at Rankin, a visitors' centre at Arviat, and although I am happy that Thule sites and that kind of tourist attractions have been developed, I was wondering why there are none of that nature at the historic sites in the Coral Harbour area. Thank you.

Just a question of clarification on the motion -- "to ensure value for its capital investments." Can the mover explain that to me, whether it means to break even or making money, or if the project is good for the community or the North?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In light of my Member's statement regarding a need to clean up military sites and surrounding areas near Coral Harbour, will the Government Leader assure this House that she will be vigorously pursuing this request to the Government of Canada?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The federal government has been carrying out research to find out whether dump sites and other materials left by US military during the post-war are contaminated with PCBs and other chemicals. They have found no PCB contaminants, and for that reason they may place the Coral Harbour clean-up as a low priority.

One can notice that if the federal government is stating that it will take three millions dollars to clean it up, then I can tell you there is a lot of garbage out there. There are barrels on the shoreline. There are old buildings that they have tried to collapse and they are still standing there; in fact, the old dump site is still very much present.

UMA Engineering Ltd., engineering planners and surveyors of Edmonton, have recommended that since there have been no PCBs found there, the clean-up should be done with the local workers with the available equipment. The community of Coral Harbour has commented that since there is a local contractor with heavy equipment, with qualified operators, the clean-up should be done by them, provided it is done over a five-year period.

Mr. Speaker, I urge this government to strongly recommend to their federal counterparts to initiate the co-ordination and funding for this project as soon as is practical. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 14 and Committee Report 3-12(2) and wishes to report progress, with five motions being adopted. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the chairman of the committee of the whole be concurred with.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a very short statement to the motion. In light of the work plan that has already been done by the Coral Harbour residents, and the financial restraint of the Government of the Northwest Territories, we are simply asking the government to work with the community to give an action plan for the construction of the wharf.

I have had a few telephone calls with the Farmers' Association in Saskatchewan, and I have had a meeting with them a year and a half ago. There is also the threat, by the federal government, to shut down the railway to Churchill. If we were to start exporting some of that limestone then we could participate in keeping that railway open. There are so many reasons to talk about in this task, Mr. Chairman, that I seek the support in that motion. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the Minister's comments and information. In light of what I have said regarding the requirement for a wharf, I would like to make a motion, Mr. Chairman.

Motion For Action Plan To Construct Wharf In Coral Harbour, Carried

I move that this committee request the Department of Transportation to initiate a discussion with the community of Coral Harbour, to assist the community initiative for the development of a community action plan for the construction of a wharf in Coral Harbour. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.