Kieron Testart

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I apologize; I know the Member for Mackenzie Delta asked some questions about the wildfire risk management plans, but I will ask a similar question as I did about the fire damage compensation. Is this money, the $75,000 that has been allocated, does this get out the door every year? Or is this, again, a holding pattern type of thing? Well, let's clarify. So in the 2017-2018 fiscal year, how much of the $75,000 was utilized by communities for the developmental of wildfire risk management plans? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to clarify some of the issues raised by my honourable friend, the Member from Frame Lake, on this Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program. Although there is a decrease indicated on page 69, if you turn to page 70, it would appear that the contribution to the Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program is actually increasing by just under $300,000, and conservation planning is likewise increased. Could the Minister just speak to the issue of the program detail decreasing but the overall contribution increasing? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Do we evaluate our inventories based on their -- I am not sure the technical language, but as carbon sinks? Have we recognized the benefits of reducing carbon admissions that our forestry assets represent, and do we take that into consideration when we are managing our inventories? Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I'll ask the questions here, if the Minister doesn't mind. The other area here is innovation, of course. How is ITI rewarding innovators in our economy? What programs and support do they have in place to reward private sector actors who are innovating their own businesses, including the mines? How are we rewarding innovation at all levels of our economy?

Okay, so, if the money is not spent, this is returned to general revenues, or is this diverted internally to other activities in the department? How is the lapsed funding typically used by the department? Is it just lapsed funding that goes away, or is it spent on other activities? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Time and time again, the Members at this side of the House have raised the issue of knowledge economy and our government's investment in it. I'd like to ask the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment exactly what his department is doing on this file? It doesn't seem like much, but perhaps he can set the record straight and allow us to understand how ITI is advancing the knowledge economy in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, the actuals in 2016-2017 were only $10,000. What was the difference between the estimates and the actuals in 2016-2017? Thank you.

Merci, Monsieur le President. Your Standing Committee on Government Operations is pleased to provide its Report on the Review of Bill 1: Western Canada Lottery Act, and commends it to this House.

Introduction

The Standing Committee on Government Operations is pleased to report on its review of Bill 1: Western Canada Lottery Act.

Bill 1, sponsored by the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA), repeals the existing Western Canada Lottery Act (WCLA) and replaces it with a new act to establish a Northwest Territories Lottery Commission, under the direction of the Minister, with the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On page 83, under "grants," we see "fire damage compensation." I am just wondering, in the 2017-2018 fiscal year, how much of this money was spent? I am just wondering about the overall level of subscription. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With the knowledge economy emerging and becoming an ever more vital contributor for continued sustainability of northern economic growth, it would seem like a sector this government would seek to stimulate through strategic investments and development and innovation strategy that rewards private sector investment in innovative solutions. This would also prepare us for the coming reality of carbon pricing and green economy solutions to northern mining and manufacturing. For, in the end, innovators will move to jurisdictions that support innovation. That is why I am quite...