Wally Schumann

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My understanding is that the South Slave outfit is not asked to sign a contribution agreement with us when presented with them. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The regulations that we want to come forward in the MayJune sessions, the regulations have not been updated for a long time; we want to be able to make this change so that they can use that going forward. As far as the program review and the operations of that, we don't need to have that done to be able to do that, so they can continue to operate. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Nothing's stopping any of these people to reach out to us and see if we would be willing to assist them to do that. There are our regional offices that they can approach for support to do that. My concern on this initiative, as I've said: let's take the Liard Basin for an example. Petronas has walked away from the LNG plant on the west coast. There seem to be significant challenges on getting this product to market, not just for us but for all of Canada.

The commodity price went from $11, at one point, down to $1.90. It's fluctuating in a zone there where it's very...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. These numbers are done on a quarterly basis. We based the royalty forecast referred by the Diamond, Royalties and Financial Analysis Division. The model uses the mining regulations, uses historical data and forward-looking information from companies based on publicly available information, forecast changes in the market, and mine plans change including rough diamond prices and foreign exchange. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This was primarily  not all of it, but primarily -- because of the reduction of the executive assistant position to the ADM. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The short answer is no. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is primarily due to a sunset from the federal government for a cost-shared agreement for the Slave Geological Physical Surficial Materials Permafrost Study. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My understanding is that the levies are still coming in, and the rates are staying at the same as they were last year. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As of even today, we're meeting with the Tucho fishery, our staff is, but after March 8th, I think is hopefully when we can get in front of committee to explain where we're at. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes. Right now, they have access to their excess gas for operations. We would have to come forward for the legislative change to be able to use the interests. Thank you, Mr. Chair.