Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We’re continuing to engage the city on the transfer of Commissioner’s land within the municipal boundaries to the city. We have advised them that when it applies to acquire Commissioner’s land, our preference is they do it incrementally and indicate to us the proposed use of the land. This approach to applications improves the ability of the general public to focus on a particular parcel. So, we are continuing to engage with the city. Thank you.

I will commit to having further discussions with the city and the YKDFN. I’ll point out that I actually met with the mayor of the city this morning and we had a very good conversation, and we’ve had some conversations with the YKDFN. There is a desire there to move some of the issues forward and address some of the issues that are facing both the city and the YKDFN. We’ll continue to have those discussions and I will keep the Member and Members apprised of where the discussions are going. Thank you.

Since 2006 we’ve transferred over 700 hectares to the city. There are a couple of applications that are in the process right now. We’re working with city officials on completing one particular transfer. The consultation survey work is done and Lands is working on completing the transaction. As well, we have another application that we are working on the city with for 102 hectares. Now we’re just in the final stages of transferring the land. So, if the Member wants, I can speak to the Member and give her the information on which pieces of land we’re talking about. Thank you.

Yes, our plan is to do an evaluation of this and which communities had taken us up on it and whether it’s increased the number of volunteers. Especially in the smaller communities, your core volunteer group is basically the same and there are some new people that come on. Having the opportunity to be in a number of these small communities and seeing what their volunteer core group is like, you see it during events that go on in the community. The fact that we have earmarked a few dollars to help recognize some of the contributions of these people I think will go a long way to increasing...

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

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That’s a very important component of the work that we’re doing, identifying people who are out on the land. We’ve worked with local Aboriginal governments to try and help us identify some of their beneficiaries who might be out there. I think we even have some resources that we dedicate to help them with some of the input that they put into the work that we’re doing. So, yes, we are consulting with all the local Aboriginal governments. Thank you.

The Member is absolutely correct; it went from a contribution, less $100,000 to A Brilliant North, to compensation and benefits to your master trainer within the School of Community Government. So it went from contribution to compensation. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I apologize to the Member if I’ve confused him. We were responding to his questions like they were illegal occupancy questions, recreational leasing. Now I understand his question is on the minerals side, if there was any. There was one that I think we were in the courts with and that was just a continuation of a case that I think came over from the previous lands regime. That’s the only one. The 12 that the deputy minister quoted were the ones that we’re dealing with on illegal occupancy.

Again, my apologies to the Member if we didn’t get his questions clarified or didn’t...

The money was re-profiled. It is staying within MACA. Thank you.

If its land that’s within a municipal boundary I would think that would be a MACA issue because MACA still deals with land within the municipal boundary. If the Member is able to provide us with some detail, I will commit to the Member that we will investigate. I’m a little surprised to hear that myself. I would think it would be something that’s covered under MACA if it’s still within a municipality. Thank you.