Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks to the Minister. So, we are addressing this through both O and M and infrastructure budgets. That’s my understanding. Maybe could I just get a brief description of where our $3 million from O and M is going on this program?

I appreciate the Minister’s comments and his commitments and dedication here. I think he has done a lot of good work. It’s just that I see this government, of course, pursuing oil and gas as fast as we can and as much as we can, subsidizing it and so on.

What’s the Minister’s role in ensuring that the development of oil and gas stays within what we know are sustainable limits?

Yes, that’s obviously pretty incredible in this day and age, and I know the Minister would probably like to see that happen. Would the Minister commit to seeing that gets done? Thank you.

I didn’t mean to suggest or belittle the efforts that we have. I’m just saying how much better we could do with so much less and thereby free up resources for the many competing demands that we have. Much of what we are doing is aimed at 4 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions as generation of electricity in our communities, a miniscule part of our greenhouse gas emissions, and essentially our residential customers, which are already going down on their own accord, and not at, in fact, industry where our growth is. I would appreciate the Minister’s recognition of that and bringing that focus...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I see we’re up 20 positions for the department as a whole. So, are the additional 11… I’m assuming they’re non-devolution positions. Maybe I could just get a little descriptor of those. Thank you.

Thanks to the Minister. When the Minister says the new conservation assessment and monitoring division will ensure the environment is seriously considered and regional land use planning and the review of proposed developments, that’s sort of sounding like Alberta. They seriously consider things and typically reject the environmental concerns. As the Minister knows, they’ll let other jurisdictions look after Boreal caribou and the Jack Pine Mine and so on; these are all acceptable in the interests of economic development.

I just would like to have the Minister define what he means by seriously...

Yes, that would certainly be unique, so I appreciate that, Mr. Chair.

Just what role would this division play with oil and gas developments such as are ongoing in the Sahtu right now? Is what we are inheriting here, are they already at work in the Sahtu area with respect to oil and gas? Thank you.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I had no idea that Mr. Applejohn was our senior science advisor, but it’s interesting to know we have one and that might be interesting to pursue at some point but not here.

I believe, given that we are the authority over greenhouse gas emissions, and we’re doing some good work internally, but we still aren’t doing anything for outreach to speak of other than our incentive programs. The Arctic Energy Alliance is doing some work there. With the Diavik wind project we know that it’s possible to do significant work in that area, but it seems to have to be done voluntarily...

I didn’t hear what the units were for the $28 million. Was that the total litres of fuel consumed that year? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the Minister. For example, type A and B water licences coordinating the process for Ministerial approval. What exactly does that mean and what role does this Minister play?