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Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Under “program detail” there’s a line here for youth facilities and there’s some significant changes that have taken place and I’m wondering if the Minister and his staff can talk a little bit about that? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I have no further questions.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Mr. Chair, I’m glad to hear that a letter was sent to the Law Society when the main estimates were tabled. Was there any advance consultation with the Law Society as one of the funding partners for the library? Thanks, Mr. Chair, and if so, what was that? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thanks, Mr. Chair. When the department’s constantly looking at ways to raise new revenues, do we look at how we compare to other jurisdictions? Is it more systematic and rigorous in terms of comparing our fees against other jurisdictions in Canada? And how often might that sort of exercise happen? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

That’s helpful in understanding this. Is any portion of the $467,000 that the Minister has stated in this House, is any of that related to cost of this space rental?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Under the revenue section, regulatory revenue, access to information to information and privacy fees, I see $4,000. I guess I’ve heard from some people that the fees may be an impediment or a barrier for individuals to request information, and it looks from this that we don’t actually raise a lot of revenue from this. Is this an item that the department is looking at perhaps even doing away with fees, given the low amount of revenues here in the interest of open government? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 22)

It’s great to get the report in the House on the meeting that the Premier attended last week. Earlier today, though, I pointed out this Article 19 in the declaration and it reads as follows: “Consult and cooperate in good faith with Indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent before adopting and implementing legislative or administrative measures that may affect them.” That single article creates immense new responsibilities. I’d like to ask the Premier how GNWT intends to comply with Article 19 of the...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 22)

Thanks, Mr. Chair, I appreciate the answer. I think that’s part of the issue is, as I understand it from NFTI’s perspective, is that when they want to support work that’s actually building capacity within the regions they have to make a whole bunch of different applications to different regional offices to support people coming in to their facility and getting training and then going back and building capacity in their own regions and communities. Is there any other kind of model or approach we could consider here to help support this organization? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 22)

Thanks, Mr. Chair, and I appreciate that commitment from the Minister. I guess what’s driving my concern or issue here is that the department is committed to develop a Mineral Resources Act, and that’s something that I support as well, but there are some, I think, fundamental issues that are going to arise during the development of that legislation such as whether we want to continue the free entry system as the preferred or the only method of managing mineral resources. I’m just a little bit concerned that the Minister would be getting advice on that legislation primarily from the Mineral...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 22)

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I love being given deadlines, so my last question is the reduction of funding under other unilateral contributions, if I could get an explanation? Thanks, Mr. Chair.