David Ramsay

Yes, Mr. Chairman, there is. What I might suggest, though, is at some point in time we can look at mining and get in front of the standing committee and the Regular Members just to give you an update on where projects are at. In the past six months I’ve been at the Cordilleran Round-up in Vancouver and also to PDAC with some of the Regular Members, as well, and I’d be more than happy to give Regular Members an update on the advancement of mining projects around the territory. We’ve also got the Mineral Development Strategy, which we’re going to pursue; also the Economic Development Strategy...

Yes.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That funding will be going to projects in those three areas. It hasn’t been resourced yet. We’re not sure how that will be broken down yet, but it will go to the three that are cited there.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the Member’s concerns, and I also appreciate his passion about hydro and the development of hydro not only in the Sahtu but in the territory. That’s important.

With respect to the situation on the Bear, we have had money in the past to look at various hydro solutions for that river with the community of Deline and we’ve yet to establish a feasible solution on that river. I recently had the opportunity to meet with the president of the land corp, new Chief Kenny, and we had a very good meeting and they explained to us a new approach to hydro development on...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the Member’s comments and they’re duly noted. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The increase there would be because of the advancement of the Mineral Development Strategy.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, in the last government the Minister of ITI did serve as the chair. In this government the Premier will serve as the chair of the MECC in his role as Minister responsible for new energy initiatives. The Minister of Transportation will also sit on the committee as infrastructure is affected by climate change. The Department of ITI energy planning division will continue to provide support to the committee and coordinate government-wide energy initiatives. That’s the way that we have it set up. All Ministers that are involved in MECC are working to help coordinate our...

We’d be pleased to provide that to the Member. Last year we gave APG $300,000 and we can certainly get an accounting of that $300,000 for the Member.

Mr. Chair, it was a joint effort. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To my right is Nancy Magrum, the director of finance and administration, shared services, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment. To my left is Peter Vician, deputy minister of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment.