Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I was just wondering if the Minister could tell us whether he has got a cheque from Mactung yet. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. No questions. Thank you.

Yes, the Minister is right. It was for a defined period of time, put I quoted the Auditor General directly from the report. I wasn't making that up. I want to give the Minister his own opportunity to talk about the good work the department is doing. What specific policy, legislative, or structural changes is the Minister imposing to ensure that his department can fulfill its leadership role on climate change?

Thanks, Mr. Chair. That is all that I have.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. That's interesting. So people here are catching fish, and the fish are going to have to be transported for processing before they can come back here, to Yellowknife? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. Since our fall sitting, two important NWT climate change events took place. The draft Climate Change Strategic Framework was finally released on January 3rd of this year, and Regular MLAs met with the Auditor General and GNWT officials to discuss the audit on NWT Climate Change.

The audit found, and I quote:

ENR did not develop a territorial strategy to adapt to climate change;

ENR did not fulfill its commitment to provide departments and communities with information needed to take action on climate change;

The territorial greenhouse gas strategy did not have a...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. So can the Minister provide to standing committee, then, a list of the financial support that's provided to the NWT Chamber of Mines, say, for 20162017 and 20172018? I can't determine how much support has been given, so could the Minister put those figures together and just provide it to the standing committee? That's probably the easiest thing to do. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that commitment from the Minister. I have expressed some concerns in the past about how representative and accountable the board is who administers this fund. It consists of government representatives and industry representatives. I think there is supposed to be one public representative. Is all of that going to be up for reconsideration when the Petroleum Resources Act comes up for review? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Look, I'm not a fisherman, so what's meant by a "pickup point here in Yellowknife"? Is this a place where the product can be directly exported overseas, or is that the extent of the support from the department? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. In fact, I'm furiously trying to flip through the business plan to find out what page he's talking about. I'm looking at the public version, which seems to only have about 50 pages for ITI - 51 pages, in fact. So is it a schedule in the business plan that I should be looking for? Thanks, Mr. Chair. Oh, maybe it's schedule 4.