Madam Chair, I'm having a problem. It seems to say to provide funding to record grant in kind of $900,000. Now the Minister is telling me the bison were worth $900,000. Is he suggesting that $900,000 was given to the Resolution band and then received back from the government for the bison? Just how did that happen?

Would it be possible to get a breakdown or get it in writing as to how you qualify for this grant; what the terms are for qualification for the grants and what can the money be used for by the groups? I'm not familiar with this program at all in my region. I'm also wondering, Madam Chair, if the $900,000 for Fort Resolution bison is also the same program.

Madam Chair, I have a question...If the program has been going on for five years, why wasn't it budgeted for last year, rather than having to do it through supplementary estimates? If it has been going on that long, how much of the $18 million is left that we can expect in future supplementaries?

My question was what is the definition of the harvesters' assistance program and why is the funding administered through the associations rather than Renewable Resources themselves?

Madam Chair, I have a question on special warrants that the government has approved for funding for 1995-96 contributions under the western NWT harvesters' assistance program, $200,000. I have questions, Madam Chair, on all of these. What is, specifically, the harvesters' assistance program and why is it transferred to the association rather than administered by Renewable Resources themselves?

Madam Chair, in reference to the paragraph on the bottom, it says "Any shortfall between cost and fees collected is recoverable." Are we suggesting that we are now collecting fees under the Firearms Act? I understood that wasn't for a while yet.

I have a question on the federal firearms act, $150,000. I thought this was supposed to be funded by the federal government under separate funding.

Mr. Speaker, I have one other supplementary. Is the Minister suggesting that there will no longer be subsidies for fuel to those communities that are presently subsidized? In other words, in some of my communities like Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk and Holman Island, we all pay a subsidized rate for fuel. I am wondering whether or not this is going to be cut off and that will have a user-pay system.

Mr. Speaker, I would ask for some examples as to how this government would suggest to assure a fair price at the community level without creating monopolies. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.