If we can turn back to page 1-2, Legislative Assembly, department summary, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $1.4 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if the Minister can take it onto himself to call the president of the Gwich’in Tribal Council, Mr. Richard Nerysoo, and give him an update on where these things are at, because I met with Richard Nerysoo prior to coming back down to the House and he is the one that brought this issue to my attention and that they are being totally excluded from this process. Yet, Mr. Speaker, this government has a right to consult with First Nations under court cases in Canada and I would just like to impose on the Minister to take it onto himself to make that phone call to...

With that, I would like to thank the Minister and thank the witness. Sergeant-at-Arms, escort the witness out.

We’ll now proceed to consideration of the capital estimates for the Legislative Assembly. Does the committee have any questions with regard to the capital estimates for the Legislative Assembly? If so, we can invite Mr. Speaker into Committee of the Whole to join us. If not, does committee agree consideration of the Legislative Assembly capital estimates is concluded?

Again, I would like to ask the Minister what is this government doing to include the aboriginal governments in that community, especially the First Nations government and the Gwich’in Tribal Council and the band in Inuvik? What role are they playing? Because, as I understand it, they are totally out of the picture and are not being consulted. Thank you.

Agreed? Okay. Can we turn back to page 2-2? Human Resources, department summary, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $715,000. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Maybe if the Minister really wants to get it, maybe they can have a program for communities like Aklavik, to ensure that we have a shoreline erosion program that’s there for communities that are along the shoreline of the river systems and in regards to lakes and whatnot. So when we see this erosion taking place, we actually have a program out there that people can access public funds to shore up their communities so that they are in the future. Can the Minister commit to that?

Does the committee agree that we have concluded the Department of Finance?

Mr. Speaker, I have to chuckle to myself talking about greenhouse gasses here. Mr. Speaker, it is warming up to a point where we’re actually seeing the communities eroding to a point where they may have to relocate. So I’d like to ask the Minister, does this government have a program to deal with shoreline erosion which is a definite threat from climate change? Do we have a program such as that to shore up our communities so that we can ensure that those communities will be there so we can implement some of the programs the Minister is talking about, instead of having to possibly move our...

Agreed. Moving on to page 3-6, Finance, activity summary, office of the chief information officer, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $630,000. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Aklavik is located on the west side of the Mackenzie Delta on the Peel River. Shoreline erosion, river embankment collapses, sloping and mudslides are a common occurrence throughout the Mackenzie Delta.

Mr. Speaker, climate change is real. It is affecting the residents of the Mackenzie Delta in that the average year temperature in the Mackenzie Delta has increased by 1.7 degrees Celsius over the past century, and more than anywhere else in Canada, the Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on earth and, Mr. Speaker, the effects are seen by the residents of Aklavik...