Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I am a little bit surprised, because this is the first time I have heard about it. Can someone explain the rationale here to contract out the management of our Heritage Fund to a third party? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Can someone tell me what the status is of the contaminated sites manual? I have been asking about this document for three years now, and it's shown in the business plan as something, I think, that was supposed to be delivered in the last quarter of 2018. If someone could tell me where this work is at, I would appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the response from the Minister. I don't necessarily agree with these concerns. I'm just passing them on from what I heard, and I meant no disrespect to any harvesters who might go out there. If folks are not experienced and not well-prepared, things can go badly sometimes. I don't think anybody wants that to happen, but these are concerns that I'm hearing, and I'm passing them onto the Minister.

I don't have any other questions about this, other than to say that I am very, very concerned that there is no money in the budget for the caribou crisis. We should have...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. That explains the $800,000 in reductions within forest management, but there are cuts to other parts of the ENR budget that relate to the Fire Boss aircraft. Why were the cuts made to the other parts of the ENR budget to fund the shortfall? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Well, that is certainly news to me. I have never heard of that one before. Can the Minister share a copy of the RFP with the Standing Committee on Government Operations? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. That's good news, and I look forward to seeing that material. I think it would help the standing committee. There were four areas that have been cut within the overall departmental budget. There's a functional review that seems to have been carved out for $250,000, community-based monitoring and research of $375,000, science budget cut $15,000, and then the Fire Boss planes at $1 million. Can someone tell me about what this functional review is all about? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Will there be a management proposal or a predator control proposal submitted to the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board to help protect the Bathurst caribou herd? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. In this division of the main estimates, and I presume I get this right, there is a $800,000 reduction with regard to covering a shortfall in O and M savings for Fire Boss planes. Is that still accurate? At least, I'm still looking at this from the business plan from the departmental website. Is that still accurate? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I think that is actually the same amount as when I asked the last time. What is the increase from a year ago? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Can anybody tell me whether there's any funding in 2019-2020 for the development of communications materials related to these bills? Thanks, Mr. Chair.