Kieron Testart

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I was just wondering, my honourable friend brought up questions around the fishing licences, so the fees generated on those licences, are they paid to the federal government or do we draw some of that revenue into our government? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Might as well. If the Minister can provide that list, that would be helpful. Thank you.

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. The legislative change that is required, when does the Minister anticipate bringing that forward?

Thank you to the Minister for providing the technical details of how it's calculated, but I'm looking for the reasons why there is a drop from $31 million to $13 million. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have spoken about this before, but BDIC performs an important role in supporting businesses in the Northwest Territories, providing advice to those companies and those individuals who are interested in getting involved and, of course, through its lending programs.

Looking at the information item, which is included later in the business review, on page 227, we see some of their operating results, and they seem to generate a significant amount of surplus. My understanding is that they cannot access that surplus under the terms of the current legislation. Is the Minister...