Caroline Cochrane

Thank you, Madam Chair. We'll have to get back to the Member. I do know that within the term of this government there was an increase to both of the organizations, so we'll get back to them and let them know what that was. But, again, we're just still at the process of doing the work with other organizations. So it's work that needs to be ongoing but we will commit to getting back to you when the last increase was and exactly what it was, how much it was.

Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. The last I heard was the federal government was going to be the federal government extended their moratorium on the offshore. There's no doubt about that. They had scientific review that was done. The next steps were to be working with the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation membership to review that scientific review and then process would carry forward with the accord. The accord is three parties. The federal government well, four. The federal government, the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation. So we're still waiting for the...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I don't have it with me. Maybe you can find it if you have it. I do know that within the last year's budgets there was an increase to both the Status of Women Council and the Native Women's Association. I do know that we're also doing the work with the NGOs and so I'm assuming that some of that will be taken into consideration. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, I do. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. As stated earlier, I have and it took a lot of work to get that item on the Council of Leaders' agenda. I feel it would be disrespectful for me at this point to make decisions since it is on their agenda as a topic. So I'm going to wait until those conversations happen at that table, and then we'll make decisions based on that feedback. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I do know that within the Indigenous treaty land claims, selfgovernment agreements, the cabin issue is addressed in many of them so that is one way of doing it. I also know that it's gotten a lot of attention recently because of the work that the Minister of Lands is doing with the unauthorized occupants in the Northwest Territories of which there are lots. We are trying to work with the Indigenous governments on rightsbased cabins to give them the money to help them to identify the cabins that are theirs. We've posted. We've posted twice on people's we don't know...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Yes, I have heard those arguments before. During my tenure as Premier, I actually reached out to the Indigenous governments that aren't part of the devolution agreement, trying to talk to them about what their concerns were, trying to express the benefits of being at that table. But I do respect that they don't want to sign on. I also brought their because, again, they asked if they could be part of that table, share in the resources without being a member being part of devolution. I did bring that forward to the Intergovernmental Council. In fact, I brought it...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Every member of the Intergovernmental Council does receive financial support to take part in that table. Any Indigenous government that signs on to the Intergovernmental Council devolution agreement will also get funding to sit at that table. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'd like to recognize the Manitoba interns who are going to be future politicians coming up. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would love to make that commitment, but I don't think it would be fair to EIA to make that commitment yet. I think this issue is going to be very, very tenuous at the Council of Leaders' table. I don't know if it's going to be resolved in one month, one year, ten years. So I can't commit EIA to doing that because it may if it's in this government, then I'll be looking at it. If it's in the next government, I can't commit the next government. Thank you, Madam Speaker.