I think the questioning is getting a little out of hand. I do not think I intend to meet everybody in the world...

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But I very much enjoy meeting people, and I think the Member is being mischievous. But I do enjoy meeting staff, and I am saying I think sometimes you can get a good picture by visiting the communities and visiting the area office. Yes, I suppose I will get to meet, from time to time, clients. But it is not to say that I am intervening -- people like to talk to me because I am a personable person. So I will meet as many people as I can, and if they are interested in talking to me about my departments and my work and my views, well, if I have the time, I certainly will be proud to do that.

I realize that I may have been very broad in what I said there, but I do have an intention of meeting as many of the staff as possible to review concerns. That is not to say I am going to only consult with staff. I already met most of the headquarters people and I do enjoy that very much, because I am a social worker by profession. I do enjoy very much, whenever I travel, to visit the area offices and talk with the people who are out in the field delivering the programs. But not only will I be talking to people from my department, but as often as possible, I will also consult with the ordinary Members and constituencies, on issues that may impact on any kind of recommendations, and the directions that the department will go in in the future.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Member for bringing this matter to my attention. I am not aware of any program that we have to support persons outside the NWT borders under the present programs that we operate. There may be exceptional circumstances which allow for some consideration to be made, again as I said, under exceptional circumstances, and I will endeavour to find out where these 156 individuals are and under what conditions they are receiving any assistance. So I would like to take this question as notice and get back to the Member, perhaps in a letter, because I assume that the House will not be sitting beyond next week and it may take some time to get this information.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In response to the last part, I do not know whether or not we can ever get inmates in an institution satisfied. I recently received a letter from an inmate on an issue that Mr. Lewis had raised yesterday expressing concern at the fact that they had to use a razor more than once. It is things like that that cause some dissatisfaction. But I am not sure that the same conditions prevail this year as did last year. There is a certain amount of tension that arises through being institutionalized during a normally festive season. But that goes with the territory and I am confident that the same conditions are not there this year that were there last year. I am confident that we will not see a reoccurrence of the situation last year.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess it is true that words come back to haunt you sometimes, but when I did say that the report was dry, it was probably in the context that I have had a lot of reading to do over the last couple of weeks. One of these bits of reading happened to be that report, and I did review the report, but because I did think that since the previous Minister had tabled the executive summary that would have summarized sufficiently to satisfy the public's interest in what had happened, I did not go into it in detail. Subsequent to that, I am going over the report in more detail. I have a lot of people to consult yet, as my predecessor did, and I will discuss this report in depth with my officials and with the RCMP. I will then make a decision as to whether or not this report will be tabled, but I can tell you right now that it will not be tabled before the anniversary of the riot.

Well let us not take this personally. Mr. Speaker, I would ask the former Minister for her indulgence to be able to go over the department in the form that I would like. I would like to review these programs, as I said. At the time I was on the other side of the House I was fair to the Minister; I always gave her the benefit of the doubt, and I ask that same thing. I realize that there has been a very substantial review of the whole government, including the departments I am responsible for, Mr. Speaker, and I would like that same opportunity, to be able to appraise all of the programs and the services that we deliver and match these with the recommendations or the views of the "Strength At Two Levels" report. I would like that opportunity as well, to undertake that over a period of time.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was not in charge then, and I am in charge now, and I feel that time is needed to have a good close look at all of the programs and talk to all of the people.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think I indicated some time ago that I have numerous briefing books and I am trying to review all of the existing programs and trying to visit all of the staff that I can, the headquarters staff and the people that work in the areas, to get a first-hand view of what programs we are dealing with. I would like an opportunity to conclude my review and my briefings and such before I can make any kind of decision like that. For the time being, I do not intend to have it fully reviewed.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, no.