Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I am trying to answer the Member's question. We have put together a four-point strategy, a plan that would address the housing situation in his community, which will be community driven. We feel that we do have a community survey that drives the housing requirements. We would like to revise that somewhat. Again, in view of Mr. Lafferty's question, to ensure that we provide more affordable housing to the communities, I am prepared to answer more questions as they relate to this subject. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was approached this morning by one of the organizers of the Edmonton Oilers Alumni Hockey Challenge Game and I was asked to put my blades on and to play for the Yellowknife team. This hockey challenge is to take place tomorrow evening at the Yellowknife Community Arena beginning at 7:00 p.m.

The Yellowknife team will include a number of local youth from The Yellowknife Minor Hockey Association as well some old veterans from the Yellowknife Old-Timers.

It is important because the proceeds from the fun-filled event will go directly towards supporting the Yellowknife Minor Hockey Association and to help support this year's Caribou Carnival. I encourage all Members to come out to support this worthy event and come and cheer team Yellowknife on. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As you can see, I am conferring with the Minister of Education, trying to find some resolution to the question. I would just like to assure the Member that they can go ahead and recruit for next year. I am sure in the interim, we will be able to discuss the needed funding to continue to support the leadership program. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is important that we get together with the Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment to try to find out where we can get additional funding.

As I said in my remarks to the school on Saturday, we would look at funding beyond a year-to-year interval. I can assure the Member that I will continue to investigate that option. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I must confirm with the Member that I did make an address on our behalf to the leadership, parents, as well as the Member, and also with the mayor of Fort Smith in attendance.

I did advise the leadership home that I would continue to play a role with the Premier, as he was the original founder of this great idea of the schools. It brings back memories of my own days as a resident of the school system. I also indicated to the group that I would be in communication with the Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment, to discuss continued funding beyond a year-to-year interval. We felt that a longer term of funding would give us more stability in the program. That is the message I have delivered on behalf of our government. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to reassure the Member that we are continuing to work with all organizations in all of the communities to ensure the homeless, however they are defined, have a good, safe and secure home. That will take some time. Hopefully, we will be able to provide more definite answers by May 15, 2000. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will make every effort to answer the question. If we are talking specifically of Yellowknife, then we have other shelters such as the Salvation Army to deal with those problems.

From a territorial perspective, and I understand quite well that the homeless issue in Inuvik is a very important issue, not only in the community itself, but again with the aboriginal groups. We have worked within the system to accommodate this important issue. The idea is to try to alleviate all of these problems associated with the homeless. We will continue to work with other organizations to resolve these problems. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have taken many factors into consideration. One of the important things about homelessness is that we are trying to deal with many of the municipalities across the North.

We are talking to community leadership to try to determine what is the most efficient way to deal with this particular matter. We are trying to determine where and how we can deliver good, secure homes, as I mentioned earlier regarding the article written about Yellowknife's situation. From community to community, we see an important step in trying to address those concerns. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to answer the first part of the Member's question regarding Yellowknife. Just to provide a brief background; the shelter was originally set up to assist long-term homeless people in Yellowknife. Unfortunately, the problem that was created is the original tenants were removed by other transient members.

I would like to talk a bit about some of the concerns. One I took a great deal of interest in was the statement made by Arlene Hache, which expressed some concerns about the homeless. She infers in her article that supports what we believe in, which is that the homeless shelter was being used for other purposes.

Secondly, we have made every attempt to address the issue of the homeless across the Northwest Territories by working with various Members of the House here and in our travels, to determine what those needs are. I am sure by May 15, 2000, we will be able to answer the majority of the questions and address the majority of the problems. Thank you.