Bob Bromley

Mr. Chairman, my last question here. Who would be coordinating? Would there be one coordinating federal Minister in the areas where there was a federal role, for example, DFO on environment and AANDC? Would AANDC be coordinating that or would our Lands Minister, as an authority, play a role of coordinating federal departments separately? Thank you.

I see the $680,000 in School of Community Government. Is there somewhere else that $320,000 could be located in another division? Thank you.

I think the difficulty is that the administration, the legislation that we’re adopting does not make that requirement clear. That’s how the federal government had to accept $8 billion in liability for largely northern mines because of a failure to hold security for those mines.

In contrast, I think we have a requirement now in the Commissioner’s Land Act on Commissioner’s land. So that is a different situation, as the Minister was saying. Given that right now it sounds like we’re at the mercy of the board on whether they assess financial security or not, the need for financial security or not...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I really just have one question. I wonder if the Minister could tell me how this budget has changed with devolution.

So I assume that the federal Minister wouldn’t play a role in the water licences and other examples that the Deputy Minister used here, a land use permit in the ISR and so on.

That’s all I had, Mr. Chair. I guess maybe I’ll just ask if the Minister could make that report available to committee.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The first question here is about securities. I see it’s mentioned here both under the Commissioner’s land administration, which I understand, and the Territorial land administration.

What is the situation with securities on the Territorial lands with the new legislation we will be adopting here? Right now, for example, under the Commissioner’s Land Act, securities are required for any leased territorial property, Commissioner’s land property that has a liability of $1,000 or greater. What is it under the Territorial lands administration new federal legislation?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Maybe some repetition here. The Green Light document on the environmental plan for the department I’d like to get an update on that, an evaluation of whether we are achieving those goals and objectives.

I’m also interested in the Inuvik and Hay River runway issues related to the loss of permafrost and other perhaps unknown underground issues. I’d like to know where we’re at in terms of schedule for a comprehensive assessment. I know we’ve done some short-term maintenance and whatnot, two or three million dollars’ worth of work. What capacity are we developing for...

Thanks for that information. As I understand it, the Minister will be the decision-maker, except that there might be some sharing of that with a federal Minister. Could I get some fleshing out of that understanding and clarification? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, I was referring to the increase from $200,000 to $400,000 for ground ambulance and highway rescue as well as the Minister’s mentioned, I think, in his introductory remarks, an additional $350,000 for emergency management. I can look up the specific comment here. It was $350,000 for the Ground Ambulance and Highway Rescue Services Program increase in contributions to community governments. That’s probably in a different division, but anyway, we’re looking at $550,000 increase here apparently for the same thing and I’m wondering if it’s going to help with these sorts...