Wally Schumann

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We don't have that detail, but I believe we already give them grants and contributions and it is used for some of this stuff. We will get that information for the Member. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

That is correct, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are two different jurisdictions. I am worried about the Government of the Northwest Territories, not the Government of the Yukon. Like I have said in my comment previous to this, I will look at trying to top this up in the coming years of the life of this Legislative Assembly. I believe it is an important program within the department of ITI, and I will see what I can do with my Cabinet colleagues moving forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I have said earlier, all these items are in our mandate commitments, so there is no consideration of cutting funding to mandate items. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The NWT TTA marketing strategy is a panterritorial initiative, and they are looking at all regions of the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we agree. The Arctic Energy Alliance is a great program for the communities in the Northwest Territories. We are currently updating all the energy profiles of the communities of the Northwest Territories. They were last done in 2010. Over half of them are done, and they will be posted in the coming month here, hopefully. Within this next calendar year, we will finish up the rest of the communities on the community energy profiles. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think the UN declaration is probably pretty much recognized by all governments in Canada now, but as we move forward, that is one of the reasons why we are going to have a legal and specialist person drafting this moving forward, to ensure all these things are met. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would have to get a little more detail on that how that's being rolled out, because I believe that's kind of a cross-departmental issue with Education, Culture and Employment, and the amount of input that we have in it. I don't believe it's part of the curriculum across the Northwest Territories yet, but it is being rolled out in that particular region I think in the coming school year that you're talking about. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Doi T'oh Territorial Park Canol Heritage Trail is still under the federal government. They are working on their initiative coming forward. I believe they have already had a site tour of potential bidders there in the last fall on this site. I believe in the coming months they are supposed to be doing a bid process and see how all that rolls out. Until that time, it is still under federal responsibility. We will not be moving on that initiative until that takes place. I believe we are also still working with the federal government on sources of funding to finish up...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This program has been very successful to date so far, but this is our third year with it. I can see some uptake on it. As the Member is well aware, we went to Mineral Roundup with all my Cabinet colleagues along with the chair of economy and environment from the Regular Members' side, and they showed the importance of this potential work coming to the Northwest Territories through the MMIP. I think this is something that, as we move forward in the next coming years of this Assembly, we will have a look at trying to invest more money. Thank you, Mr. Chair.