Michael Miltenberger

I listened to many issues raised in the Member’s statement and his questions and his interest in getting a lot of detailed information, so I’ll take that question as notice. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It’s a gentleman by the name of Mr. Andrew Applejohn.

There is baseline work being done, as I discussed with the Member during question period. I’d have to check and get back to the Member whether it includes specifically fish lakes, but I’ll commit to do that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We will provide all the existing policies and directives that govern securities and then will continue to be in place and that will potentially at that point, as we devolve and evolve, may require adjusting, but we will pull that together. We have the National Energy Board. It has set security requirements, but we will pull those documents together from across the territory and we will make sure that they are passed on to committee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I can unreservedly, unequivocally commit that we are going to continue on the path of partnerships with the Aboriginal governments as we’ve demonstrated with all the bilateral agreements we’ve signed, the way we’ve done the Wildlife Act, the Devolution Agreement, the Intergovernmental Council. It is part of who we are and I would differ somewhat with the Member’s assertion or assumption that we have the same regimes as Nunavut and the Yukon. I think we have a similarly unique arrangement and structure here in the Northwest Territories that reflects the people that live...

The next big step for us in terms of waste reduction, and I’ll get the deputy to provide the detail, is we’ve been working on an electronic waste program so that we could look at diverting the tonnes of screens and computers and all this other electronic waste out of our landfills. I’ll ask the deputy to provide some detail.

Thank you. There are two key issues that we as a Legislature, we as a territory have to come to grips with after April 1st in particular, and those are, and I’ve said this a number of times already, those are two key issues of pace and intensity tied to cumulative impact and we have to make sure, as we move forward, that we do it in a very careful, thoughtful way that keeps those types of concerns in mind tied into the cumulative impact and the sustainability issues, and looking not only for today but down the road as far as we can see so that those that come after us, our descendants, are...

Our intention is to make sure that we proceed April 1st. We’re not going to be licensing projects with no security, with hoping that they’re going to put money in. I mean, the federal system, I can’t speak to that, I’m not that knowledgeable about it. I don’t know how much slack they cut people, but the commitment has been very clear from the government that we intend to protect the interests of the people of the Northwest Territories on a go-forward-basis. There’s no intention of getting by on goodwill and don’t worry, trust us, we’ll be there if you need it. We’re going to be looking to work...

We would like to see the renewed Greenhouse Gas Strategy be reflective of the place we are in terms of our political evolution, and with devolution and having all these authorities, I think we want to take that more comprehensive look that the Member has been talking about. Thank you.

There are no direct funds allocated at this point in this budget for the renewal process.