Kevin O'Reilly

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. It’s the end of the school year. I’m just wondering if I could ask the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment how his work on the ministerial directive for francophone education is coming along and whether he’s had a chance to provide that to the Commission scolaire. Mahsi, Monsieur le President.

I appreciate the response again from the Minister. The federal government has now indicated they are ready to repeal sections of some changes that were made to Yukon environmental assessment legislation. Has the Minister received any assurances from the federal government that they are going to be repealing the changes to the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, and is there a timetable for those changes?

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Earlier today I spoke about the recently announced federal review of the environmental assessment processes. While I welcome this initiative to rebuild public confidence, there is no place for residents in the Mackenzie Valley to participate in this review. Can the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations shed any light on why we have been excluded from this review and whether this was discussed in his meeting with the federal Minister for Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, this is something important that we need to move along, so I’ll agree. Thank you.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. The first item is $274,000 for security administration processing system. Can someone from the department explain what that is all about? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. The contract is in place, that’s good. The work is not going to be completed until 2018-19? Is it going to start in 2016-17? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Okay. Thanks, Mr. Chair. I think that’s it.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. If the department wanted to undertake that work any earlier, that would be nice, that could come forward through another sup? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. The Fisheries Act is an important piece of federal legislation. I am glad there is going to be some changes, perhaps a need to that. I am talking about the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and this federal review of environmental assessment processes and how the North has been excluded. I am wondering if I can get a commitment out of the Minister to write to the federal Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada and seek a firm timeline for repealing those changes to Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and some way for us, as Northerners, to be involved...

I appreciate the response from the Minister. Certainly the previous federal government made a number of unilateral changes to the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act that resulted in a successful court challenge by the Tlicho Government. Has the Minister’s Cabinet colleagues had any communications with the federal government over the court challenge and any plans to repeal those changes?