Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wonder sometimes where this government gets its direction. We spent $1.2 million on an Official Languages Act review. The taxpayers of this territory and this country paid for it. One of the things we found out is that the Government of the Northwest Territories has failed and continues to fail in the implementation and meaning of the Official Languages Act of the Northwest Territories. As far as I am concerned, the amendments to the new act that they are going to be introducing are not worth the paper they are written on. What they are doing is crossing the t's and dotting the i's: capitalizing territorial government, Premier or other wording; identifying the Minister responsible who has apparently been the Minister responsible for years and years. There is no accountability of the Department of Health and Social Services to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. There is no accountability of the Department of Justice to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment when he is responsible for the Official Languages Act.

The people of the Northwest Territories put great faith in the special committee when we went to almost every community, met with every regional aboriginal government, met with the francophone communities. We made some solid recommendations, 65 recommendations with a management plan and a budget for implementation so that we could make it as easy as possible for this government to introduce this. What they have introduced, Mr. Speaker, is not worth the paper it is written on, as far as I am concerned.

We are losing aboriginal languages, we are losing our languages at one percent a year in some regions. As far north as the Inuvialuit, Inuinnaqtun and the Gwich'in languages they are losing faster than that. But there is the political and social will in those communities to reinvest their time, energy and knowledge in listening so the languages can be brought back to be used in the communities, in their homes, in the educational system. This goes nowhere near helping these individuals, these political organizations, these cultural organizations and these language communities to do so.

How can we, with a straight face, go to Ottawa and say, devolve responsibility of this government, when we are failing miserably in implementing one act that we agreed to take on, Mr. Speaker? How could I have faith in this government when they do not even listen to their own constituents? Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the government says they're doing what they can, but they have a five-year plan addressing maybe five communities. We have 27 communities that are facing this problem on a daily basis. We are supposed to look forward to summers in the Northwest Territories because of the long winters. It's hard to look forward to the summers when you have to breathe in dust all the time. So I ask the Deputy Premier, would he commit his government to doing something immediately to control dust this summer, and come up with an action plan that will see a permanent solution to this problem instead of taking your time?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it's very smooth of the Deputy Premier to insinuate that the lifestyle that we lead might be a reason why the court case against the government for possibly not meeting the government's obligations for creating an environment in the community where there's dust control. It's very smooth of the Deputy Premier on that. But I'd like to ask him whose responsibility is it within this government to ensure that there's dust control? If this government is so strong on healthy living, why is it taking so long to control dust in their communities?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, I agree, there is a bar. In the environmental review process for both BHP and Diavik, that particular bar was addressed on many occasions and for many days. I would like to ask the Deputy Premier if that bar is not met, if the dust control is not to the level that's below the bar, would this government be liable for health issues of the residents of the communities? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Premier. Mr. Speaker, a couple of weekends ago I was home in Lutselk'e. I was crossing the community having a picnic. Looking across the community you could see the dust just sitting there right in the community. I'd like to ask the Deputy Premier if his government has a level where the safety of people is in jeopardy depending on the level of dust in that community. Is there a bar that is used to measure the safety factor of dust in communities? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can I ask the Minister to send his staff from MACA in this summer as well and at that same time can they address the short-term needs of dust control in that community? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in Lutselk'e there is a training committee that developed a training plan in conjunction with industry and this government. Those training plans are contingent on the removal of tank farms, the preparation of the site for the arena, training of the road upgrade to Austin Lake. Those are all components of this training program. Those will all use excessive amounts of fuel that isn't normally used in the community. So I would like to ask the Minister if he would send his people to the community to determine how much fuel would be used and that they plan accordingly for the winter. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, regarding the tank farm, there was a commitment made by the department to move the tank farm as requested by the community. There were visits by department personnel with community members and they identified a point called Mary Lou's Point. Ironically, that's my grandmother. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister if he's still committed to moving those tanks and maybe commit to it in the House here today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Public Works and Services following up on my earlier question. If the department has to fly in fuel using a bladder, would that cost be transferred over to the community? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.