Shane Thompson

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, educational bodies and schools have programs in place to bring in cultural programs to the schools. ECE has some funding for cultural programs and often gets funding from other departments, organizations to supplement school or communitybased initiatives. ENR and ECE recently launched the hunters education as a high school credit program, as the Member talked about and I said in my Minister statement here today. The implementation of this pilot project can inform the development of other future harvesting programs.

ENR has also provided funding to schools...

Mr. Speaker, it saddens me to advise this House that Germaine Deneron Betthale passed away on January 25th, 2022. Ms. Betthale was born on May 1st, 1923, at Fisherman's Lake to Laurent Deneron and Marie Angel Colley. This is where she was raised. Germaine lived in a true Dene traditional way with her family.

She met William Betthale in 1949, fell in love and married him. They had ten children and lived a traditional life on their trapline in the MacCamish Lake area. She was known as amelie, translate "one mom", to her many grandchildren. She was a very skillful, talented, strong, and...

Thank you. In my Minister's statement today, I talked about the land On the Land Collaborative. The collaborative supported eight specific hide tanning programs since 2006 for a total of approximately $195,000. ENR Takes a Family on the Land program can support tanning given its focus on mentorship. The next applications call for this program is expected to open April 2022.

Through ECE, the arts NWT Arts Council has funded individual handing time individual hide tidy or tanning projects and provides support to organizations such as the Northern Life Museum in Fort Smith. All our application...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, ENR is open to discuss possibilities for moose hunting and hide tanning incentives and training through our online program. I think we talked about it in Committee of the Whole yesterday, and we said that we'd look into that there.

We know tanning is often a family and the communitybased activity where knowledge is passed on to the youth. This is why ENR, ITI, ECE, and HSS have been providing financial and inkind support to the NWT On the Land Collaborative to ensure that these skills are retained.

ENR is happy to have conversations with organizations...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, traditional lifestyles are a very important part of the social, cultural, and economic fibre of communities in the Northwest Territories. Traditional livelihoods help to keep cultures strong and maintain ontheland practices. This supports food security, provides valuable opportunities for individuals to earn an income and support a strong traditional economy across the territory. Support for a sustainable livelihood is a high priority for our government, and today I would like to highlight some of the investments and achievements that we are very proud of.

M...

Yeah, so I just want to clarify that, you know, we're talking amalgamation or the Member is talking about it. We're not talking about that right now. We're not talking about positions. We're not having that conversation. But my understanding is that there's two distinct positions and you need those two distinct positions. But for further detail and clarity on this, I would like you to turn to the deputy minister. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

For that detail, I'd turn to the deputy minister. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I really hate giving these this answer to the Member but, yes, you are correct.

For that detail, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.

Yeah, so we did send a letter on January 24th in regards to that. So we apologize if it's got misplaced. We will make sure that committee gets the letter that we sent. And maybe it's not the information the Member wants on there.

In regards to the other question, with your permission I'll go to the deputy minister. Thank you.