Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister for DPW a question. He made a really good statement about the BIP. I am reading from the unedited Hansard of October 19, 1994. He says that in order to be a Northwest Territories resident, you have to be in the Northwest Territories for one year. In order to get a local contract, you have to be in a community for six months. The addresses of employees and also T-22 tax forms are required as proof of income tax paid in the Northwest Territories. Also, the government would be able to remove business incentive policy benefits from companies who don't obey the policy. I wonder, when is the government going to change their policy to suit what the Minister said on October 19th. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. (Translation) We're all concerned about the families who have been left behind in this tragedy, and they will be in our prayers, Madam Speaker. All the Yellowknife churches have been approached to help. (Translation ends)

...lost in that boating accident and his name was Simonie Alainga who was a community leader and a pillar of the community. When you went into his house in Iqaluit, you always saw Baffin people staying there because they felt comfortable, and they were also fed and there was always tea on the stove for anyone who came into Simonie's house.

I knew Simonie for a number of years as a colleague, when I was on the hamlet council and also mayor, and also at the Baffin regional councils. He was been a strong leader in the community. Within the last few years, he had been concentrating his efforts toward helping the young people to get better and also to go out hunting.

Madam Speaker, I sincerely would like to say we are sorry that we have lost a very strong Baffin leader. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This might not be directly related to capital projects. As the Minister knows, a few of my constituents have applied for compensation because they have had accidents when they were out on their own, in traditional pursuits. I wonder if these things would be able to be looked after, since the changes with the Workers' Compensation Board have taken place.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I mentioned before, in the existing act it says, "The institute shall investigate and report back to the Legislative Assembly." We are losing that ability. I understand because of the amendment to this act, there will not be any more Science Institute. There is going to be a Science Advisory Council, rather than the institute. I wonder if there is any way that we, as a Legislative Assembly, could retain the ability to -- "direct" is the wrong word -- obligate the Science Advisory Council to investigate, as it is set out in the existing act. I wonder why the government wanted to lessen the ability of the Legislature to force the Science Advisory Council to investigate and report to the Legislative Assembly. That is directed to the Minister. Why was that done? Thank you.

I'm wavering between supporting the amendment that Mr. Lewis is putting forward because the existing act under section 12(2) says "the institute shall investigate." They have to investigate and report back to the Legislative Assembly. We are losing part of that. Maybe somehow we could get the power the Legislature has back into the act.

Mr. Chairman, my concern is that this Legislature had the services of the Science Institute before in terms of providing scientific information that was requested, namely for uranium mining. They have reported to the Legislative Assembly in the past on this and also other things. The Legislature was able to get information from the Science

Institute and the Science Institute was obligated to give a report to the Legislative Assembly.

I don't know who I'm asking, Mr. Chairman, but under the government amendment, if Mr. Lewis' motion doesn't go through, would the Legislative Assembly's wishes be adhered to, or could the Science Institute say, no, we don't want to do it?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I had a chance, although it was a very short time, to think about the amendment to the amendment. I also, very briefly, had a chance to look at the old act. I would like to ask our legal counsel, in the existing act under section 12(1) and section 12(2), it seems that the Legislative Assembly, at the present moment, has the authority to ask the institute to investigate and report to the Assembly. I wonder if that is, in fact true.

Reading the amendment that the government is putting forward, it seems that the Assembly may request that of the Science Institute; but if, in their wisdom, they choose not to do what the Legislative Assembly is asking, they don't have to do it. It seems that way to me. I don't know, maybe I'm not reading it right. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Is it also true that since the government charges ridiculously low rates to government employees -- something to the effect of $26 per

month, whereas in the private sector, the parking charges are in excess of $150 per month -- this has created employees not being able to find their own government parking spaces? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I should have said in Yellowknife. Is my information correct? Thank you.