Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to my colleague, Mr. Ng, the Minister of Health and Social Services. As I mentioned earlier, last week, the Minister and I had the opportunity and the pleasure of attending the Kitikmeot Leaders Forum in Kugluktuk, formerly Coppermine. Many issues were raised. Mr. Ng and I were asked questions. One of those is in relation to the operation of the Kitikmeot Boarding Home. My question has to do with not the management, but with the conditions within that building. One of the concerns was there is no air conditioning in the facility. Many pregnant women, children and elders pass through that facility, and we appreciate that from the Kitikmeot Region. My question is, will the Minister direct his staff to communicate with the Kitikmeot Health Board in order to put air conditioning in before mid-summer sets in? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize Nunavut Clerk designate, Mr. John Quirke. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 15, Adoption Act and Bill 18, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1998-99, and would like to report progress with one motion being adopted, that Bill 18 is ready for third reading. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to indicate to you that your committee has been considering Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, No. 2, and Bill 17, An Act to Amend the Territorial Court Act and the Justices of the Peace Act and would like to report that Bills 16 and 17 are ready for third reading. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Supplementary to the same honourable Minister, Mr. Speaker, will the Minister monitor the process and get back to me about the status of the actions being taken to correct some of the concerns from the residents of the Kitikmeot? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to my colleague from the Kitikmeot region, Minister for Health and Social Services, Mr. Ng. Mr. Ng and I had the opportunity and the pleasure of attending the Kitikmeot's Leaders' Forum recently. We were made welcome and full participants of the meeting and were subsequently asked tough questions. Many concerns relating to the well-being of the people of Kitikmeot were brought up and one such concern is in relation to the Kitikmeot Boarding Home in Yellowknife. It has to do with the management and operation of the Kitikmeot Boarding Home. The concerns relate to a number of outstanding issues from five years ago. My question to the honourable Minister, Mr. Speaker, is will the Minister work closely with the Kitikmeot Health Board to deal with some of the concerns I have brought up to his attention during the meeting of the Kitikmeot leaders in Kugluktuk? Thank you.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize someone in the gallery who was very good at playing the harmonica when I was younger and very good at hitting targets when we played together, John Kaunak. (Translation ends)

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge and recognize the Association of Municipalities which will be meeting in Hay River this weekend. It shows how important the body is to local government when you have Members here who serve on the administrative site. We have Mr. Steen who serves as an administrator in his community. Mr. Todd, at one time, served as an administrator. We have Mr. Ng who serves as an administrator and myself, yours truly. We have the Clerk of the Legislature who works for the local government in the Kitikmeot area. This shows how important the municipal local government is, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the local or community government is the closest body to a community. It ensures the municipal services are delivered in a community. It speaks for the community given many of the

government programs and services being transferred to communities, it may be today, as we speak, one of the biggest employers in the NWT at the community level. I just want to indicate to the association and my colleagues that I will not be able to attend this very important meeting. In the essence, I would like to wish them every success. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have heard about the current state of education whereby teaching staff are resigning left, right and centre and whereby improvision, Mr. Speaker, has to be made because the resources are not there to deliver basic special education. Is the Minister willing to look at the current state and do something about it?