How long does it usually take to make that review and how much longer will we have to wait? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Housing. I have a question about Kheraj Enterprises Limited requesting local status under the BIP. Your deputy minister said on December 8, 1993 that the organization would be reviewed again to determine whether they could have local status in Pond Inlet. That was in 1993. Has the review been done? Thank you, Madam Speaker.

(Translation) Thank you, Madam Speaker. What's my name? Ever since I became a Member in 1975, I have encountered problems with regard to who we are as Members. During the 12th Assembly of the Legislative Assembly, we made some mistakes amongst our colleagues. Even the public get our names mixed up. I don't want to change my name at this time. I want to be Pudluk. I don't want to be Pudlat. In Nunatsiaq News on the 18th of this month, there was an article that said that Pudlat said something to do with ammunition and firearms, and it was me who said it. Sometimes, they send the wrong faxes to us. I always get faxes for Kenoayoak Pudlat at my address. I don't mind this, but it is not my name. We don't have the same name.

I just want to tell my colleagues and the members of the staff that I am Mr. Pudluk and he is Mr. Pudlat. I don't want to see any confidential stuff for Mr. Pudlat coming to me. Thank you.

(Translation) Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to speak today on a subject that is both heavy and painful to many people in the Arctic. It has to do with child sexual abuse.

We are all aware, through media reports and statistics, that child sexual abuse is a major problem up here. I appreciate the work and courage of those who are trying to deal with the problems. I know it requires a lot of energy and causes much personal stress. We cannot ignore the issue, Madam Speaker, no matter how difficult and painful it is.

Some years ago there was a teacher in Resolute Bay who none of the parents suspected of doing anything wrong. We would not be aware today if the children did not tell us themselves what he was doing. Apparently, Madam Speaker, this teacher was, among other things, making the young children undress while taking pornographic pictures of them. I do not know what he did with the pictures, but to this day his actions have had a lasting effect on these children. The victims, who are now young adults, still feel the confusion, shame and pain. This, of course, has also affected their families in a negative way.

The reasons I am saying this is to ensure that we are doing everything possible to counsel and help the victims. We are all aware that child sexual abuse cannot treat itself if the vicious circle is not stopped.

I would like to put the Minister of Social Services on notice that I will be asking her questions later on this week to see if her department is doing everything possible to help victims of child sexual abuse. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have a very, very short question. I don't want to waste your time. I have a class three driver's license. That means I can drive almost anything. I would like to ask the Minister of MACA who owns the roads downtown? Is it the municipal government or taxi drivers? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is a very interesting department and I think we should at least have a quorum here. Thank you.

You don't really have to treat me like that.

---Laughter

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Patterson. I have a short comment to make with regard to the Department of Justice and with regard to firearms. I have already stated my position with regard to firearms. The concern I have is along the same line as my colleague from Natilikmiot. I agree with him and I am in support of his comment. I was happy to hear the responses that were given by Mr. Minister.

I would like to mention something about youth being dealt with in the courts. Right now, the communities are getting more involved in the court system. I can use Baffin as an example because I'm familiar with the Baffin region. One of the things I have noticed is that the Inuit young people's criminal concerns are dealt with in the communities. I am very much in favour of this because it seems to be working very nicely. It seems to be very helpful. If a young offender had gone through the court system, they would go through more of a rough time if they had to spend some time in the correctional institute here or in the Baffin region. It is much better for the young offender to be dealt with by the youth justice committees in the communities.

I would like to congratulate the Department of Justice for decentralizing the court system and having the communities more involved with the court system. I think they are looking at ways whereby young offenders can be taken out on the land as punishment, or they can be given these types of courses. I think it is much to the benefit of some young offenders in our communities.

With regard to the elders who are involved with the youth criminal system, even though they are not given a wage for the job they are doing, they want to be more involved because they understand the problems and they feel they can contribute. They have also gone through the same problems themselves when they were young. It is because of this that the elderly who are volunteering today are more willing to help the youth in trouble.

As the people were getting into the...(inaudible)...there was a lot of...(inaudible)...between whether they should follow a southern life-style or...(inaudible)...that is when the communities were coming to a group of people in a new community. When we were younger, we had different ways of being disciplined. I am talking about myself as a younger person in the early 1960s. They had different ways of dealing with youth back then. Today it seems like the old people and the young people have a better understanding with one another. Because of this, the older people are taken more seriously and want to be more involved with the youth who are in trouble. I think if the older people in the communities are involved with youth, it can have a more beneficial result than a southern way of correcting and disciplining youth who are in trouble today. That is all I have to say, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have two documents I wish to table today. Tabled Document 43-12(5) is a letter from Aziz Kheraj, President of Kheraj Enterprises, Resolute Bay, to Dave Murray, President of the NWT Housing Corporation, regarding rent supplement and construction proposal in Pond Inlet, as well as a letter addressed to myself from Mr. Kheraj about the same subject matter. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. On Tuesday, March 1, 1994, I made a statement on the difficulties with construction in the High Arctic with the access program. I think the Housing Corporation could be more sensitive in dealing with the people involved in the home ownership program and recognize the difficulties they have been through, especially in the wintertime. Could the Housing Corporation be more sensitive to people? Thank you.