Shane Thompson

Thank you. The Member is asking about taxation again, and that's not our department. That is Municipal and Community Affairs' responsibility and how they assess the taxes. The question that he is asking, he will probably have to reach out to the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs to get clarity on that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'll start, and then with your permission, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Presently, we don't have an agreement in place, but we've been in negotiations and conversations with the federal government. We just recently had an update that I would like to share with the House and, with your permission, turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.

Thank you. The Member is talking in regards to our equity lease staff that had a three-year term contract. The collective agreement changed it so that, after 24 months, this person would become an indeterminate position. When they were in that position with equity leases, they were indeterminate. When the funding was gone, that person became an affected employee; they were no longer a term employee, so as the assistant deputy minister explained, because of the new collective agreement, it changed from a term to up to 24 months; then it became an indeterminate, so we needed to follow the HR...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes. We are working with our Indigenous governments. We are trying to get them to identify the rights-based cabins. We are trying to work with them. We have had some contracts with Indigenous governments who have given us their lists. As we tried to explain to people, whether it's been to Indigenous governments, or I have been on a constituent tour, if you are posted, it explains exactly what you should do. You can either reach out to a regional office or reach out to our IGO, your Indigenous government, identify it as rights-based cabins, and then we put it over to the...

Thank you. My understanding is: we are 18 months away from getting everything done, completed. The team is working diligently. We are on schedule, from my latest report today I received. We do have a template that shows us where we are, so right now, we are on schedule to be done. It will talk about leases, lease fees, not taxation. Please understand, taxation belongs the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. I know the Member may not like that answer, but that is the reality of it presently. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, I do.

Thank you. For that detail, I will have to ask Mr. Chapman if he has that. If he doesn't, we will provide that to the Member. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Right now, we haven't looked at that. To be honest, we have a number of projects on the go that we have developed teams. Whether it's regional or headquarters that are working on teams, we need to get that job done, and then we will look if there is that opportunity. Right now, we are not looking at it. We just need to get the work done that we have committed to do in this 19th Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

For that detail, I will turn to Ms. Macdonald. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Claude Fontaine was born on October 13, 1963. His parents, Gerard and Therese Fontaine, and their six children welcomed Claude into a loving and caring home. Claude and his seven siblings were raised on their family farm in Prud'homme, Saskatchewan. It was there they all learned the value of hard work and the importance of family.

One of Claude's many special gifts was his ability to make deep and lasting connections with people from all walks of life. It would not be uncommon for Claude to meet somebody for the first time and, in a conversation, quickly discover an...