Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Renewable Resources. As he is checking his figures to facilitate providing some information that should be made public, and as he is checking the age and sex of the buffalo -- I am not sure whether he means their sexual orientation or not -- would he also be kind enough to give this House the cost of the ice road that was built across the Slave River into the Hanging Ice Bison Ranch, breaking down the equipment, staff time, regular hours, overtime and use of casuals? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Renewable Resources who I hope is not just trying to give me the shuffle, so I'll ask him a very specific question. Can he tell me or this House how many bison are going to be allowed to be shipped straight south without touching ground in Fort Resolution, in order that the investor may recoup its investment? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the Minister of Renewable Resources and it's with regard to the Hanging Ice Bison Ranch. While I must acknowledge the one thing of substance the government left us was a substantial pile of buffalo chips and buffalo pies...

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... there was not much else. I would like to ask the Minister if he would provide to me or to this House a copy of the proposal from the Fort Resolution people, the FMB submission approving the request and the contract between the GNWT, Fort Resolution people and the private investor, outlining the conditions of the grant of $1.3 million worth of bison that were taken from Fort Smith. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm not sure whether I heard the response correctly because I'm not arguing with the Minister's costs and the almost $6 million figure, I just didn't hear the Minister. Did she indicate a number of employees? I didn't hear that.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to address my question to the Minister of MACA. I would like to thank her for the information on the Arctic Winter Games. I note the value that they place in the Arctic Winter Games is nearly $6 million every two years, which sort of reinforced my concern that that's a big pricetag. Could the Minister tell me how many GNWT staff work on the Arctic Winter Games as part of their job, please?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If it is so clear, why did the department lead the community on? Why did your deputy put his name to paper giving people hope when it was very clear that you obviously had a plan already in place, not only to give away the buffalo but to strip the ranch bare?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Maybe I should rephrase my question because obviously it wasn't clear. I am not asking you about the buffalo that are now gone. I am asking about the process and commitments that were given to allow us to put together a proposal and the commitment to leave the infrastructure on the ranch that was there, so we had that chance to do that. A written commitment was reneged on, like the deadline you gave us. What can we believe?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Given that laudable sentiment and that expression of willingness to work, what values can we place on that kind of written commitment when we have heard that and we were told that. We have been in ongoing contact with the department, yet the department seems to have done everything in its power to make sure that it is almost an impossibility to pull together a viable proposal. We have signed letters from the Minister and the deputy, yet they seem to forget the paper commitments. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Renewable Resources. I would like the Minister to indicate, if he could, how he sees his department working with the community of Fort Smith in the area of restocking or pulling together a proposal for the bison ranch, given all that has happened and the fact that they made a prior commitment and stripped the place bare, all the while telling us they wanted to work together. Thank you.