Kevin O'Reilly

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.

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

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. 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. 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. 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.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Well, it might be kind of an academic discussion because I think these positions are disappearing. I'm just kind of surprised that you've got positions that are related to petroleum in an economic diversification and business support section, rather than in the minerals and petroleum resources. So are there any other staff that do work on oil and gas that are in this activity area for ITI? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. If I wasn't confused before, I certainly am now. The department, then, anticipates $292,000 coming in, but it's just going to happen at the end of the first quarter of 20182019? If so, why wouldn't the figure be put in here? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. What other financial support does the department give in this activity or other activities to the Chamber of Mines? Are there contributions to the Geoscience Forum? Are there additional delegates that are funded in other parts of the ITI budget to allow Chamber of Mines staff or individuals to go to conferences and so on? Thanks, Mr. Chair.