Bob McLeod

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document, "Correspondence to Mary Simon Regarding Arctic Leadership Model." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My immediate understanding is that we will be negotiating a land and resources land claim agreement and will follow it up with a self-government agreement. Some Aboriginal governments or Indigenous governments have negotiated both at the same time, but my understanding is the Akaitcho will be moving in that direction.

The federal government has started a new process to develop an Aboriginal rights framework to clarify section 35 rights that are under the treaties. We are not sure how that would affect the future self-government negotiations. There is an indication that it...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On page 117, under the heading "women's advisory, corporate administration costs," you will note that there has been an increase from $205,000 in the 2017-2018 revised estimates, it has been increased by $84,000 to a total of $289,000 under the 2018-2019 Main Estimates. The $84,000 has been earmarked for women's campaign expenses or schools. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The whole concern with the fact that there was no federal economic development strategy for the Northwest Territories, there is no federal vision in place for the North, and, through the Arctic Policy Framework, the federal government has assured us that they will be developing their approach and their vision for the North to 2030 and will guide all of their activities in the North, their funding in the North, and their investments in the North and how they will help transition the economy of the Arctic, which includes the three northern territories, Newfoundland...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are prepared to develop those guidelines and share it with committee at the appropriate time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

That is correct, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I could see this person representing us in different functions, but I would say that infrastructure funding is well managed, well under way, and I do not see any significant issues going forward on infrastructure funding. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. From time to time, we have requests from communities that are not covered elsewhere, and we look at them to see if we feel they should be supported. I think that, if in future perhaps there are starting to be more and more of these kinds of requests, we would look at the possibility of developing policy in that regard. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My recollection is that the government had meetings with the chair of the Public Utilities Board and asked them to review the net metering process which was developed by the Public Utilities Board. The Public Utilities Board, after some period of time, came up with a net metering policy, and that policy has been in effect. There have been concerns expressed about the fact that credits have to be utilized or they disappear or lapse at the end of the fiscal year.

If there are any questions or comments or any Member that has anything that they want to be directed to the...

Yes, Mr. Chair.