Kevin O'Reilly

Okay, sorry, so how much is set aside for Spruce Bough, and is it in this line here? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yeah, if you're willing to entertain debate from other Members, I'd like to make a few remarks if I could.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that. As short as these meeting summaries actually are, I've learned more about the move to map staking of the Mineral Resources Act regulations than I've ever seen before, and I want to suggest that the department become more forthcoming with all interested parties.

So can the Minister tell us when her department intends to publicly release a full schedule and plan for the development of the regulations under the Mineral Resources Act? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Merci, Monsieur le President. My questions are for the Minister of Industry, Tourism, and Investment. It was good to see that there is finally some improved transparency and accountability to the regular meetings between ITI senior officials and the Chamber of Mines. Can the Minister tell us why and when the decision was made to making summaries of these meetings public and why there was no announcement of this change? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Okay, thanks, Madam Chair. Okay, it's going to be I'm trying to be diplomatic here. This is nothing against the staff for the Housing Corporation who are working very hard and I get a sense that we're on the verge of making some fundamental change. But I just don't understand what the problem is in getting more money into the Housing Corporation. I've been here for six years, and it just doesn't happen. I don't understand whether the Housing Corp actually puts together submissions to the Financial Management Board and Cabinet for more money for housing, or if they get denied. I just don't...

Thanks, Madam Chair. We're on the executive portion, and I guess this is where the leadership for the Housing Corp is, and the buck stops here.

I'd like to know how forced growth is considered by the Housing Corporation and its operations and, you know, how that figures into submissions to the Financial Management Board or whatever. So how is forced growth factor into what we're seeing here? Thanks.

And the reason why I raise that is the inflation rate in Canada and Northwest Territories is probably around 5 percent. And I just don't see that being added to any part of this budget. So I'd like...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yeah, I appreciate, you know, the Government House Leader raising this Point of Order and the words from the Member as well, and I support I do not believe that there's the first item is a Point of Order that Rule 3.2(3)(m) has been breached in any way. That rule reads, you know, that a Member should not introduce any matter in debate that offends practices and precedents of the Assembly.

I believe that the words of the Member were that the departmental official said something. I don't believe that that offends anybody in this House but I don't believe that there's any...

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that. I've been waiting with baited breath for two years for this plan so I can really hardly wait.

The recently released meeting summaries show that a panterritorial study on northern mineral resource investment has been given to the Chamber of Mines before it was even publicly released. Can the Minister explain why this privileged access by the mining industry to publiclyfunded studies continues, and what is going to be done to ensure other stakeholders have access to this sort of information and input going forward? Mahsi, Mr...

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that. The new summaries kept of these ITIChamber of Mines Engagement Group meetings, they continue almost no details as to what's actually discussed. Several times an item is listed as a topic with no detail following. Can the Minister tell us what is going on in these meetings and why the meeting summaries are remarkably short and lacking in detail? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Merci, Monsieur le President. In June and December 2021, I made statements, asked questions, and tabled redacted summaries of the secret meetings of the GNWTChamber of Mines COVID recovery working group. As a result of my fifth access to information request on these secret meetings, I am pleased to report that this group has now changed its name and has a public terms of reference.

Furthermore, very short summaries of these ITI/NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines Engagement Group meetings are now posted on the Chamber of Mines website. None of this was publicly announced, as far as I can tell, and...