Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The revenue would show up in Finance under revenue summary. If you look on page 128, you are going to see the number $1,182,000. That is what we are anticipating for 2017-18.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I can't seem to find the exact amount, but I will get the exact amount for the Member. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, I do. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am pleased to present the 20172018 Main Estimates for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Overall, the department's estimates propose an increase of $1.2 million over the 20162017 Main Estimates, which is a 1.3 per cent increase.

These estimates continue to support the GNWT's objective of ensuring a strong and sustainable future for the government and its programs while managing expenditures.

The 20172018 Main Estimates include an amortization increase of $2.3 million from the 201718 business plan reviewed by standing committee in September...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my apologies to the Member. He was asking about the capacity of the ENR and I kind of said we would go through and look at Finance because they were the lead, and I knew that wasn't the end of it, so I was actually being prepared for him to come back with the same question. I will defer to Ms. Kelly. She will talk about the number of people we have in there and the working group that ENR is a part of, but I can assure the Member that Finance is not off doing this on their own. We are, as we should be, seeking advice from the expert, but I will have Dr. Kelly...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I will speak to the Minister of Finance because Finance is the lead on the carbon, and I will ask him to put some information together for the Member. I will also ask him to try to have that information ready before Finance comes up. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my understanding is that no decision has been made on the route yet. I think it was just a preliminary discussion. I can assure the Member that it is not development at all costs. We will have a position, and we will continue to put our position forward, ENR, to the appropriate decisionmakers. Cabinet actually does not decide on the route. We would work with the decisionmakers and make our concerns known on the calving grounds as well as any other effects it might have on the environment.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As soon as we complete the work, we will be sharing that with committee. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I respect the Member's concern. That detail of information, offhand, we just do not have. We can confirm the numbers as well as some of the functions that they provide. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Speaker, our commitment is to work with the Government of Nunavut on the questions of shared caribou concern. I have already had a preliminary discussion with my counterpart in Nunavut and we will continue to relay our concerns to the Government of Nunavut and work with them in trying to find a balanced approach.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I appreciate the Member's encouragement to the department to try to go out and get as much money as we can. I can tell the Member, though, and I think we get to it later on in the budget document that there is a lot of money that comes into the Northwest Territories through research projects, and we continue to try and explore every opportunity to have money come into the Northwest Territories to do research on climate change and mitigation. Thank you, Mr. Chair.