Kevin O'Reilly

Okay, thanks. In my week off, I'm going to go over and check it out because I've heard little stories about this being a cubbyhole or a closet somewhere or something, so. And I do think that you know, look, there's probably some efficiencies there, having some legal aid stuff next to it or whatever in case somebody walks in there and bumps into a legal aid lawyer or something. But I think we can and probably should do better. But I'm going to go by in my week off and I'm going to check it out. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that. I promise I'm not going to call them secret meetings anymore but as long as the department can find a way to share that information with everyone, which they don't do. So they continue to be secret meetings.

But there remains a lot of work and public engagement required for the Mineral Resources Act to be brought into force. The engagement report also mentions other research and analysis on royalties. So can the Minister tell us what other research is being done, whether it's going to be released publicly, not just shared with...

No, thanks. Appreciate all the information and the responses. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for her statement there. There was also 21 different surveys open only to those holding prospecting licenses. No data from these surveys is compiled or presented in the "what we heard" report. If these surveys had been open to others, there could have been some useful data generated on, you know, possible divergence of views.

Can the Minister explain why these 21 surveys were only open to prospecting license holders and indicate whether any actual data will be publicly presented? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress.

Thanks, Madam Chair. No, okay, for the one that is in place, is there any kind of I don't know, it would be nice to know if there's been a news release or do they report, do they say anything I understand that probably some of it may be stuff that has to be communicated carefully or whatever to the department but and correctional managers or whatever. But how does the public kind of know that these things are actually up and going and what they do? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. The review of mining royalties continues to grind along. Industry, Tourism and Investment released a discussion paper in February 2022. Public engagement closed at the end of July 2022, more than six months ago. A socalled "what we heard" report was finally released quietly during the Association for Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver in late January.

The report attempts to summarize 13 submissions that appear to have been sent, 11 online and two written submissions. Those written submissions are actually appended and consist of a detailed 12page letter from...

Merci, Madam la Presidente. Pursuant to rule 2.2(3), I move that committee continues sitting beyond the hour of daily adjournment to conclude the item under consideration. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Can the Minister just let me in on that secret. What other section is that staff person found? Thanks.

Okay, thanks for that. Is part of that review going to look at expanding this function of integrated case management outside of Yellowknife? Thanks, Madam Chair.