Mr. O'Reilly.
Thanks, Mr. Chair. Far be it for me to complain about new positions in a facility that is in my riding, but certainly the messaging that I have been giving to my constituents was what I was told, was that the facility would operate with the same number of staff. So I will certainly correct my messaging. I am happy to sit down with the Minister to try to figure out why or who may have passed that information on. I just want it clearly understood now, and I regret if I have misled anybody, that it is going to require more staffing to run the new facility. That is all I have. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Further from committee? Seeing nothing, I will begin to call this activity, which spans two pages, so buckle in. Supplementary Estimates, (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 20182019, Health and Social Services, administrative and support services, not previously authorized, $2,864,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Health and Social Services, ambulatory care services, not previously authorized, $2,171,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Health and Social Services, community health programs, not previously authorized, $1,010,000. Does commit agree?
Agreed.
Health and Social Services, diagnostic and therapeutic services, not previously authorized, $175,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Health and Social Services, nursing inpatient services, not previously authorized, $74,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Health and Social Services, supplementary health programs, not previously authorized, $501,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Health and Social Services, total department, $6,795,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Committee, please turn to page 7, Industry, Tourism and Investment. Seeing no comments or questions from committee, I will call this. Supplementary Estimates, (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 20182019, Industry, Tourism and Investment, economic diversification and business support, not previously authorized, $190,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Industry, Tourism and Investment, tourism and parks, not previously authorized, $122,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Industry, Tourism and Investment, total department, not previously authorized, $312,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Page 8, Infrastructure. Comments or questions. Mr. Beaulieu.
Mr. Chairman, this is not on the first item, so these are the items for all of the infrastructure items? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Yes, the whole page.
The whole page? Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have questions, I guess, on the Taltson specifically. I would like to ask the Minister: this is to provide funding to support the Taltson hydro expansion. My understanding is that this is for engagement with the Aboriginal governments. Is this the case? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Member is correct. It is for engagement with the Aboriginal governments. Thank you.
Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wonder if the Minister could tell me which of the Aboriginal governments will be engaged for this particular item, project. Thank you.
Thank you. Minister McLeod.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Through you, I would like to defer to Minister Schumann. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister Schumann.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The people who we will be engaging with, who we have already reached out to, is the Akaitcho Government, the Salt River First Nation, and the Northwest Territories Metis Nation. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Does the Akaitcho government consist of the Deninu K’ue First Nations, Lutselk'e Dene First Nations, and the YK Dene First Nations? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Minister Schumann.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is correct. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.
Mr. Chair, this is an operations expenditure. The operations expenditures run to March 31, 2019. This is 20182019, so has this work already started? I guess this could be applicable for the whole document, but I am specifically interested in this particular item. Is there a plan to spend $705,000 before March 31, 2019? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Who shall I direct this to? Minister McLeod.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think you will go through me to defer to Minister Schumann. Okay, we will do that.
Thank you. Minister Schumann.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are looking at doing a contribution agreement when we sit down and have a discussion with all of the Aboriginal groups on their participation, but some of that money is still for technical stuff, permitting and routing. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So the Minister is telling me that there will be a contribution agreement signed and delivered before March 31, 2019, plus the technical work will also be completed by March 31, 2019? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Minister McLeod.
Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Again, through you, I think I should go to Minister Schumann. Otherwise, I would probably butcher it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Minister Schumann.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I have updated this House on this, we got this money from CanNor. It's some early funding to be able to have some conversations with the Aboriginal governments on their participation with the Slave Geological Province. There are a number of things that need to be done to bring this thing to a business case. It's going to take us three years to do this, but this was some early funding that the federal government has given us to entertain this, and we are hoping to have some positive news in the federal budget next week. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
