Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, to my right, I have Dr. Joe Dragon, who is the deputy minister of Environment and Natural Resources. To my left, I have Ms. Susan Craig, who is our director of corporate services. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, yes, we have completed our forest inventory. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we initially did one survey in November. There was another one done in February. We are still analyzing the results, and in my commitment to the leadership of the Nahendeh when I was touring with the Member, we did commit to come back to them. I believe they are having a summit, maybe in the fall. I cannot remember the exact date, but they are having a summit with a lot of communities coming in, and we said we should have our information all analyzed. We will present it to them at that time.

In the meantime, if we do get the analysis done sooner, then I will...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the simple answer to the Member's question is: I will go back and we'll explore it, and have a conversation, and see if it's something that we need to do, or if just a coordinated approach will work. Again, once we gather some information, if it's the wish of committee, we'd be more than happy to update them. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, again, my understanding is that 2011 is the last time that there was a review done of the value for money and effectiveness, and my understanding, again, is, this upcoming year, they are looking at possibly doing another review of the overall fire suppression. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think my colleague from Boot Lake recognized the visitors in the gallery already, but two of them are actually constituents of Inuvik Twin Lakes. First of all, I need to recognize the president of the Gwich'in tribal council, and more importantly, my sister-in-law, Bobbie Jo Greenland Morgan. The two important delegates from Inuvik Twin Lakes, Mr. Denny Rodgers and Mr. Patrick Gruben, as well as James Thorbourne. I'm not sure what side of town you live on, but Twin Lakes is fine. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my understanding is that this is just a holding number for the purposes of the budget. There are some years, say 2014-2015, bad fire seasons we had, for example. It is my understanding that there were a few hundred thousand dollars that were paid out, and that came forward in the form of a supplementary appropriation at that time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I will go to Dr. Dragon.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we are working closely with the other departments on our Climate Change Strategic Framework. We want to make sure that all these strategies we are set to release are coordinated, so we work closely with them.

On the leadership, I mean, the Auditor General I think admitted themselves that some of the things that they looked at were done before they realized some of the work that we were doing. Good on them for admitting that.

We're looking at developing a GNWT direct level coordination leadership group. We're also looking at forming a climate change council with...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I appreciate the Member not wanting to rehash the discussion we had under corporate management. As we start developing the next business plans, we'll come forward with some options we'll have prepared before committee. Committee will obviously make their concerns known, but we'll work on trying to come up with a solution that should work for all. Thank you, Mr. Chair.