Kevin O'Reilly

Sorry, thanks. Okay, so as a result of this supplementary appropriation, are we going to be in a does this create are we going what's the debt that's created through this supplementary appropriation? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Okay, thanks. I'm happy to get a commitment out of the Minister if she can pull together that information and provide it to me publicly. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Okay, thanks. I accept that the information on money that's already been spent can be made public. In the future, maybe it's bit dodgier, but we are actually being asked to authorize moving $1.717 million into a future. So clearly that's what's part of the budget for this project.

So I guess my last maybe I'll start maybe I should never say last, Madam Chair, is I don't think I've actually ever seen, or at least a more recent version, of some kind of public schedule about the implementation of the Mineral Resources Act and the regulations. I've seen bits and pieces, some in confidence. Can...

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. First off, I guess this is one of the few times a Private Member's bill has actually come forward for consideration in Committee of the Whole, and so it is a historic event. And I think that Members, certainly on this side of the House, should consider and use Private Members' bills more often. There are some things that Cabinet is never going to get to, some things that they will not do, and that's why we have a consensus government so that Members on this side of the House can sometimes bring forward legislative initiatives, and that's the importance of Private...

Thanks, Madam Chair. So how much of the $311,000 is going to the MRA implementation and royalty regime review, and then how much is going to the socioeconomic agreement program? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. So because we're in a public forum, I want some assurance from the Minister that her responses to my public questions are going to be public information. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress.

Merci, Madam la Presidente. Committee wishes to consider Committee Report 4019(2), Committee Report 4319(2), Bill 61, Bill 63, Tabled Document 88119(2), Tabled Document 88219(2), Tabled Document 88319(2), and Committee Report 4419(2). Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I'm just trying to find a way to say nicely that it would be better if we could get better answers rather than push it off to some future point where we don't know whether the information is actually going to be made public or not. And I'll leave it at that. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Yeah, thanks for that. And that's why the Standing Committee on Government Operations in its I think most recent review of the public accounts has asked for greater transparency of those contingent liability amounts, as is done in some other jurisdictions. And I just don't know why that kind of information can't be disclosed to us as Regular MLAs. But I'm going to run out of time here, Madam Chair. But I'm going to be voting against the supplementary appropriation, particularly for this amount, because I think this is just extremely poor project management and not the kind of thing that we...