Merci, Monsieur le President. [Translation] Today, my Member's statement will concern residents of the riding of Frame Lake who were named in the category through volunteer pride for young people. For three years, Vivianne Pauze has been carrying out volunteer work in her school theatre. Last year, she dedicated 77 hours as her role as script register. Over the past three years, she also officiated 20 times on events at the Northern Arts and Culture.

In the summer 2017, she did volunteer work as a soccer coach for a young team who were eight years old. In the school where she attends, she works...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the hard work of the committee in reviewing the public accounts. I sat in on the proceeding. I also want to recognize the work of the office of the Auditor General of Canada and of the staff who have been very helpful over the years. I agree with the assessment by the chair, the honourable Member for Kam Lake, about the working relationship with the comptroller general.

For me, there are a couple of areas that are still outstanding. One, of course, is this issue of naming individual students, which now includes our daughter, and the loan amounts that have been...

The second set, Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, who serves as the lead on the Giant Mine Remediation Project for the Government of the Northwest Territories.

Measure 6 of the June 30, 2013, Report of Environmental Assessment required that the project team investigate long-term funding options for the perpetual care requirements at Giant Mine, including a trust fund. Stakeholders and the public are to be involved in discussions on funding options and a detailed report is to be completed within three years. The study remains unfinished and a...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Does the department have any idea how long that regulation is going to require for forms and laboratories? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Okay. The Protected Areas Strategy, of course, was not a legislated process in any way, and what we are trying to do here is codify this process in a fairly prescriptive manner. Can the Minister tell us how long he would expect that the nomination process would take place under this bill? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I have some questions with regard to the coming into force date of this legislation. I would like to know whether it's the intention of the Minister to bring this bill into force without delay? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, I have some questions. I would like to start with of our witnesses, if I can. I would like to know, and this is with regard to the nomination process for identifying potential protected areas, I would like to know from the Minister's staff: what sort of time frame was required for this nomination process under the old Protected Areas Strategy? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I don't want to rehash what's in the dissenting opinion, but we did receive written submissions from the following Indigenous governments, specifically asking for an opportunity to be involved in the co-drafting of regulations under this bill and others in some cases: Dehcho First Nations, Dene Nation, Gwich'in Land Use Planning Board, Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board, K'atlodeeche First Nation, North Slave Metis Alliance, Northwest Territory Metis Nation, Sahtu Renewable Resources Board, Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated, Tlicho Government, Wek'eezhii Renewable Resources...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I think the idea, I know the idea here is that we heard the Minister of Lands make a statement earlier in this sitting, as well, about a land use planning forum that happens, I think, every couple of years, where different land use planning boards, bodies, come to together to talk about their lessons learned, how they can share their experience moving forward. There is already an NWT board forum where the co-management bodies in the Northwest Territories get together to talk about how they can collaborate, maybe joint training, working together on issues. I think the...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, I will keep this quite brief. I know our time is getting tight.

The effect of this motion is to remove the Minister's unfettered discretion as it currently reads in 10(6) and also put in a timeline for making a decision of 90 days. We heard one of the Minister's staff talk about how they accepted a decision to be made within months, and I think this just makes sure that we have a timely process by inserting a time frame for doing that. This is becoming common practice in a lot of decision-making, or sorry, a lot of legislation, including the Access to Information, the...