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Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Thanks, Madam Chair. So I'm looking at page 253, and I see that there's a couple of new positions that have been added to this activity, and I'm just hoping that the Minister can tell me what those two positions are and where they're located? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Yeah, okay, thanks. Yeah, I look forward to this revenue study although I must say I'm a bit skeptical that charging admission to Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre is really going to generate a lot of revenue. But, you know, maybe I could be surprised.

Well, just as my colleagues from Hay River and Fort Smith have said, you know, we need to invest I think more in heritage, and the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre does actually serve as the Northwest Territories Archives. We have legal obligations to manage the records of the Government of the Northwest Territories in a way that's...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, clearly, the 2030 Energy Strategy is failing, and it's not we're not going to reach the PanCanadian Framework target; there's no way. So what I was hoping I was going to hear from the Minister is that we're going to reset that or throw it out, quite frankly, and bring in some energy projects that will actually allow us to meet that target. And those it's going to need we require things like hydrogen a workshop that I recently attended that the department put on. We need to find ways to reduce the energy that's consumed in the transportation sector and in the...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, I know the Minister was on this side of the House in the last Assembly and saw lots of different strategies. Once in a while, you might actually see one that actually had some dollar figures attached to it but pretty rare. But, you know, here a significant amount of time, I know even committee time went into reviewing draft of the strategy, not that that was really reflected in the strategy but, you know, we put a lot of time and effort into this and then we just get the same thing in the next budget. Then the Minister talks about how, well, we're reviewing things...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Yeah okay, thanks Madam Chair. Thanks to the Minister for that. I guess I'm worried about what this does to the continuity and availability of funds, particularly for Arctic Energy Alliance. I see from further up in the table there that they have a flat kind of amount of core funding, it appears, from the Department of Infrastructure of $1.6 million and there's this incremental funds through the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund that kind of go all over the place. So how does that affect the ability of Arctic Energy Alliance to provide funding for its programs? Because I've gotten complaints...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Thanks, Madam Chair. I move that committee defer further consideration of the estimates for the Department of Infrastructure at this time. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Merci, Madam la Presidente. Committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 56119(2): Main Estimates 20222023, with Infrastructure and Education, Culture and Employment. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Yeah, okay, thanks. Can the Minister share that if there's a revised terms of reference and the people that she just signed off on with us as lowly Regular MLAs? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister again for that.

The MactungCantung properties are 140 kilometres away from each other by air, 700 kilometres by road. It's unlikely that some buyer's going to take these on as some sort of viable mining operation without significant concessions and subsidies.

Can the minister explain why GNWT's attempting to sell these properties together and whether we will offer further concessions and subsidies? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. Look, the airfield fire truck, that's all great, but I and important for safety, but I'm thinking of the convenience of travellers. Now that we're going to reopen for outofterritory visitors, tourism's going to get going again. There's traditionally been problems with the lineups at the airport. The waiting areas aren't big enough. Is any of that sort of passengerconvenience stuff going to get addressed in the near future through the revolving fund? Thanks, Madam Chair.