Wally Schumann

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The $160,000, to make it clear, comes from SEED. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On my left is Julie Mujcin, director of finance for ITI, and on my right is Tom Jensen, deputy minister of ITI. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is why I said I wanted to review how SEED is getting allocated, but, in the grants and contributions, if you look in there, it is broken out into five different areas right now, sector support, micro business, entrepreneur support, community economic development, and business intelligence and networking. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, I believe it is, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have a film rebate program that sunsets at the end of 2017-18. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm pleased to present the 2017-2018 Main Estimates for the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment. Overall, the department's estimate proposes a decrease of $4.4 million or 7.3 per cent over the 2016-2017 Main Estimates. These estimates continue to support the GNWT's objectives of ensuring a strong sustainable future for the government and its programs by effectively managing expenditures due to limited revenue growth. The 2017-2018 Main Estimates include an increase of $124,000 from the 2017-2018 Business Plan Review by Standing Committee in September.

This...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is also for the collection and the subsidiaries of BDIC. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There's commercial fishing going on in the winter, right, but that's all private people doing it and running their own operations. Anything to do with the Freshwater Fishing Corporation, the federation is -- like I said, is not open in the wintertime so there's no commercial fishermen supplying the Freshwater plant in the winter. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. SEED is usually fully subscribed right across the Northwest Territories. The one thing that I've looked at since I became the Minister of ITI is how are we using SEED and how effective is the SEED Program being implemented for economic development in the Northwest Territories. I could speak of this program because, before I got elected, I used this program to start off my business and I imagine there are a couple other people in this building who have done as such. It's a great program; but once I became the Minister of ITI and had to look at SEED, how it's being...