Wendy Bisaro

Thanks for the info. I guess my last question would be, are you quite confident then, Mr. Minister, that what MACA is doing for healthy choices initiatives is complementary to what all the other departments are doing? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a couple of questions here. I’m trying to determine where things are at with this ground ambulance and highway rescue contributions to communities. When we did business plans, some of the information that we got indicated that there were fewer communities applying for this funding. At the same time, I believe that there is a limit that any one community can get in terms of this funding. I think it’s $40,000. I’d like to start with that and get confirmation on two things: are there fewer applications on this funding and is there a limit to what a community can...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have one question with regard to this particular grant as well. I wondered whether or not the Get Active grants and contributions fund has been fully subscribed. Thank you.

Thank you. I’d like to say to the Minister that I guess we have to agree to disagree, because I think the Wildlife Act is impacted through conservation areas on economic development, and particularly mining exploration and mining operations. I have heard that organizations in discussion with this government have been advised that some 45 percent of our lands will be kept open for economic development. In my mind, that’s far too large a number and I’d like to know from the Minister if that’s accurate. Thank you.

Yes, it is indeed there. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thanks, Ms. Gareau. So if there’s $70,000 in contributions, I guess I’d like to know what the other, the 236 to 180-something thousand dollars, what that’s used for. I mean, I presume its PYs and so on, but is it all expended within the division of sport, recreation and youth for staffing, or does some of it go to programs? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are addressed to the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources. I have some questions for the Minister in regards to the draft Wildlife Act. One of the clauses of the draft act speaks to the power of the Minister to establish conservation areas. The Minister knows from both me and from submissions made by various organizations that this is a concern and particularly for mining industries and companies. As a government, I believe the GNWT states that we want both economic development and the preservation of the environment, so I’d like to ask the...

Thank you. Maybe I ought to wait until page 6-41, but the youth corps, if it’s territorial, we’ve got $675,000 on this page and another $500,000 in regional operations. So maybe I’ll ask the question when we get there.

The other question I wanted to ask on this page has to do with the amount for volunteer contributions and at some point it was increased from $20,000 to $70,000 and I’m glad to see that that has gone up. It’s still nowhere near the money that it should be and we don’t have the structure that we should in terms of volunteers, but it’s a good thing we’ve got a little bit more money...

Mr. Chairman, I just have one last request. Is it possible that committee could see the outline of the process that is followed when land is sold? Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, thanks to the Minister. I am still not totally clear if the land that was sold was within the Town of Norman Wells block land transfer. I will try another example. If, for instance, in the area of the block land transfer for the City of Yellowknife -- it extends I think out to the Yellowknife River -- if there was a parcel of land somewhere before the ending of the block land transfer boundary for the City of Yellowknife, if somebody wanted to purchase that land from the GNWT, would they be able to do that? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a question here. I recall, I think it was last year, it may have been two years ago, but certainly I think both when we were discussing NWT Housing Corporation and Municipal and Community Affairs, we talked about land ownership issues for the Housing Corporation to have ownership of lands on which they wanted to build houses in various communities. There was some work I think that MACA was doing at that time in terms of I think making things a little easier and getting things settled. I just wondered if I can get an update on where that issue is at. Thank you.