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Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 59)

No, I cannot give that guarantee; however, it is important to remember that all leases contain clauses that explicitly note that the lessee does not have rights to the subsurface. That would apply to all leases.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 59)

Of course, Mr. Chair. I am sorry. This is an important area. I take that comment of Mr. O'Reilly under consideration. I don't think we are missing the boat on this yet. Financial restraint, perhaps, has caused us to not move ahead as fast on certain projects as we would have wished, but that is where we are. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 59)

Again, I don't have access to that information in front of me, but I imagine it was amended as all acts generally are. It was probably amended around the time of devolution, I would guess, but again, I can't speak with certainty --

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 59)

I'm certain that it would be on that level. I think the ODARA Score, which was developed in Ontario I believe, now is accepted generally by police and courts as a way of evaluating risk in domestic violent situations. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 59)

I understand, yes, they are made in Yellowknife in consultation with case workers. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 59)

Yes, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 59)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In examining this issue, we attempted to rationalize the two systems of Commissioner's land and territorial land and they both had different current minimums, and our proposed minimums, as is known, is $840. Now, my understanding is that these rates had not been changed or altered in any way for 20 or 30 years perhaps, so to some degree we are just catching up with inflation and we feel that this was a rational compromise in many ways because, if you looked at it even from the point of view of inflation, the increase probably would have even been more.

There were some...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 59)

No, we are not contemplating the next iteration to be a pilot project. We can always make adjustments as we proceed in years ahead. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 59)

Yes, we understand what the Member is saying. Wilderness programming has had some challenges in the past in finding the correct providers of the program, if I can put it that way. Thank you, Mr. Chair.