Tom Beaulieu

Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, [English translation not provided]. Today I wish to speak about the land lease policy of our government's Department of Lands. Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely unbelievable that the Minister of Lands can say with a straight face that it is a fair policy. An elder tells me that she cannot afford a small second-hand car due to her high cost of living and low income, yet the lease payment for her lot is over $2,000.

Elders who are making under $25,000 per year are being asked to pay over $2,000 per year for their property lease or lot rental. This is actually a...

In my Member's statement I spoke about the federal government putting $50 million aside for remote Indigenous communities to transition off diesel fuel. Has this government had any discussions with the federal government as to that $50 million fund?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chairman, what is intermittent water quality information? I know what the words mean, but what does that actually mean? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Speaker, work is under way to host a charette in Yellowknife in June hosted by Gwich'in Tribal Council with support in the Centre of Indigenous Aboriginal Resources. I’m going to ask the Minister responsible for Climate Change and Energy questions on that. Will the GNWT join those partners to help make the charette happen? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Could that be made available to committee? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I would like to talk a bit about watershed management. It is the fifth program under program detail. I'm wondering if there is some work being done on the Slave River which runs from another jurisdiction. What type of work is going on in the Slave River in as far as monitoring, developing baselines, and seeing if the water that's flowing out close to Fort Resolution is still water that is not affected by whatever is happening upstream. I'm wondering if that information is collected from a yeartoyear basis for the Slave River. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'd like to know if the Minister would be able to provide the amount of money that is in that fund and what we're responsible for. I'm trying to get an indication of whether or not we're ever going to clean up the sites. So if there's only a million dollars and there is $150 million's worth of contaminated sites, I'll have a good indication that we are never going to catch up, but I'd like to get those numbers so that we could have a feel for them. I'm not expecting the numbers now, but if the Minister could commit to providing that, and, if possible, also the same information for...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I was just wondering if the money that's in this Environmental Liabilities Fund is money that's generally there to leverage other money or if that's the full pot to clean up the contaminated sites that are the responsibility of the GNWT? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I recognize that it's another department. Instead of going through the process of asking the question again then, I was wondering if this department knows how much money is in the Environmental -- I forget the term, but the money that's in Finance to do the actual cleanup? Could somebody tell me how much money is there? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Chairman, I move that we rise and report progress.