Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have an existing agreement with the Yukon that was signed in 2002. We are going through a process right now to update the agreement to align with the more recently completed transboundary water agreements. We will work with the Inuvialuit as we develop our position going forward, and we will continue working with them as well as the other Aboriginal governments across the Northwest Territories.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, these positions are not all the same but they do have similar functions, though. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

We believe there might be five others, but we would have to confirm that and share that with the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I take the Member's point, and we have heard those concerns stemming out of some of the incidents we had around here, and we are going to go back and work with the departments and improve our communication plan and have a primary contact or a lead contact. So we have heard the concerns, and we are taking steps to address them.

The Inuvialuit Water Board, they are a key partner with responsibilities to uphold our legislation that governs water resources in the ISR. The Government of the Northwest Territories, through ENR, will be seeking input from all water partners including regulatory authorities such as the Inuvialuit Water Board as we advance work to modernize the Waters Act.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member is correct, that money is for the environmental sites that are administered by the GNWT, and for the ones that are administered by Canada or that Canada has the responsibility for remediating they will pay for that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I won’t take up too much time here. We’ve heard the concerns of committee and they did mention that they were going to raise these concerns as we go page by page. We’ll look forward to the exchanges we have on each individual page. I will hold my comments until then. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member's point is taken. As I said before, we do work with the communities, and then communities and others take responsibility for the fire. If it's threatening their area again, ENR I think has demonstrated in the past that they will step up to the plate when it's needed. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

My apologies to the Member, but would he be able to repeat the question?

Yes, I do, Mr. Chair. Thank you.