Bob McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would refer the Member to our grants and contributions annual report. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes. Yes, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. NFTI did receive funding. The federal government provided $2 million in funding through CanNor to undertake this project, and ITI contributed $200,000. In addition to this funding, ITI has provided another $120,000 in Growing Forward 2 and SEED funding directly to NFTI since 2014. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is an area where we work with industry and also the communities and we provide a liaison function and also I guess a navigator kind of role I would think. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, there is an annual plan. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I said, the sunset clause has been extended to 2022. It was also looking at other opportunities for Aboriginal equity participation. We believe that is still an opportunity so that is why we are contributing a lesser amount of $100,000 per year. Others are contributing as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Seventeen positions reductions, 12 are filled, five are vacant. I provided this information the other day, but I’m pleased to present it again. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It’s continuing, I believe. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Right now we primarily evaluate it or based on the… As we said, we spent a dollar, we get the industry to spend… It’s resulted in the industry spending $2.7. We’ve only had this program going for two years, so it’s too early for it to result in having a brand new mine developed. It is bringing in money for exploration which is the backbone of mining. The recipients have to provide the reports and in our prospectors grub stake, two prospectors have sold projects to junior mining companies. That will certainly be another indicator of success. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The money was collected from the oil and gas industry that required to put the money into this Environmental Studies Research Fund, and normally, it would… There was a going concern there would be additional funding going into the revolving or research fund, but the fact that there’s no activity in the oil and gas sector, so there’s no industry putting any money into it. The money that had 974… I’ll ask through you, Mr. Chair… I’ll ask Ms. Archibald to provide further detail. Thank you, Mr. Chair.