Bob McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. All government departments work very closely together. We don’t work in stovepipes anymore, so working with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources we will be working very closely with the communities, as the deputy minister of Environment and Natural Resources mentioned yesterday, that he would be meeting with the Gwich’in chiefs. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has the lead for biomass and we also are dealing with residual heat, so between the two departments I am sure we can work out an arrangement with the Gwich’in as to what should...

These are new expenditures for commercial harvest processing and also agriculture development infrastructure, is my understanding. Maybe I’ll get Mr. Vician to describe it, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. On my left I have the deputy minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Mr Peter Vician, and on my right I have Nancy Magrum, director of financial services. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I can say that Deze Corporation sent letters to all of the diamond mines and my understanding is that they have received responses and they are reviewing the responses from the mines and they are factoring that into their response on how they’re going to deal with the environmental assessment of the proposed transmission line in the Taltson Hydro Expansion. So the Premier will also be reporting on that, as well, to committee. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Generally they open mid-May to mid-September.

We do have collective agreements that we are bound to follow, but generally in some of the areas that the Member has mentioned, the deputy heads are designated as the ones that can make the call. I think for the most part we try to be flexible, depending on operational requirements and I guess the severity of the situation. We do try to provide guidelines, but guidelines don’t always apply in every situation. That’s generally the way we operate. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Chairman, it has been a while since we met with Mr. Pollard. I believe it was early in the summer of 2010. Indirectly we understand that he is still working on his report and that as soon as he completes it, he will be communicating it to the Minister of Indian Affairs. I expect that at some point after that we may or may not see the report, depending on whether that is something the federal government feels they can utilize. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am not sure what he means by conflated, but there was $3 million for two years in the EPI and we used that to pay down the rate riders and this resulted in the commercial rates decreasing in the thermal communities. Thank you.

It’s not a marketing corporation. It’s the NWT Fishermen’s Federation. So it’s made up of fishermen that fish in Great Slave Lake and Kakisa and Tathlina Lake. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, I would, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to present the 2011-2012 main estimates for the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment.

The department’s mandate is to promote economic self-sufficiency through responsible development of the Northwest Territories natural resources and the promotion of tourism, trade, investment, business and manufacturing to create a prosperous, diverse and sustainable economy for the benefit of all residents. Through this mandate, we continue to support the commitment of our government that all residents of the Northwest Territories must have the opportunity to...