Wally Schumann

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll have to have a look into this. If there's the only one posted there, certainly there are other agreements that have been signed off and have been in place for a number of years and I will ensure that the ones that are signed off and in place, that we will have them posted on the website. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So out of the seven, I will list them all off: administrative assistant, manager of oil and gas planning, manager of oil and gas rights, senior oil and gas specialist, petroleum geomatics officer, registrar, and director of petroleum resources. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, I guess the comment about going to more renewable energy, we'll be speaking to that when I'm up here with the Department of Public Works and Services on where we're going with that. As the Member knows, we're out there doing our energy strategy presently and getting input from all the stakeholders in the Northwest Territories and public sessions for public input. When I'm up here as the Minister of Public Works and Services, I'll be glad to discuss that.

As far as reclamation of abandoned wells in the Northwest Territories, that falls under the OROGO...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. One of the things we do is make sure that the money that's allocated in the funding applications is these people do what they say they're going to do. So for instance, let's pick number four; $250,000 went to the Village of Fort Simpson. I believe Fort Simpson's probably very happy to get that money. They did three community tours of infrastructure enhancement projects in the Simpson with the Liidlii Kue First Nations and the Heritage Society. They did landscaping, branding, signage, dock lookout, teepee renovation at the Papal grounds which we had an opportunity to see...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am going to redirect this to the director of finance for clarity. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Status quo, no, I don't believe it is status quo. We had the opportunity, as we were at Mineral Roundup, to hear from a number of people. They are quite encouraged with some of the stuff that we are moving forward on in the Northwest Territories. Our job, when we were down there, was to figure out some of the concerns that we need to work on moving forward. I took some of their comments not very lightly, and we are looking into a number of things. I think one of the things that we are having a good hard look at here right now is the EIP money, Exploration Incentive...

Without getting to exact detail, counting the two individuals and all the money that is put towards it, the total probably comes to close to $460,000 with salaries included. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. One thing about that document, we had a number of stakeholders involved in it as well. I'm proud to say that this is one of the few industries that we're diversifying the economy in the Northwest Territories that's having great success. As I've said earlier today, the amount of money that we're putting in there, you see in this line item of $5,453,000, is a great investment in the culture and the people in the Northwest Territories and the programs and operators of the NWT. So it's one part of the department I'm very proud of. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Speaker, the Department of Transportation is committed to working with our public sector partners to maintain a safe and effective multi-modal transportation system.

The Northwest Territories’ 27 community airports are critical to the economic and social well-being of our residents. In fact, four of our communities have no road access whatsoever and are completely reliant on a combination of marine and air services. In addition to enhancing safety operations, improvements to airport infrastructure help to better connect families, provide increased tourism opportunities, enhance reliable...

Yes, I do, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.