Bob McLeod

That’s correct, Mr. Chair, as long as there’s funding available in those pots. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My recollection of an IRMA is that it was a cost-shared program between the Government of Canada and the Government of Northwest Territories on a two-third/one-third basis, and it was application based and funding was provided directly to the Aboriginal government that applied for the money. This is different than the fact that it’s working between industry and the Aboriginal communities. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, we’re planning to look at it. There is a public member at large on the board, and there is a public call for proposals, but all of those things will be looked at as we go forward in reviewing the different oil and gas legislation that we talked about earlier. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Consistent with other contribution arrangements, they have to meet the financial requirements of this government and report back on that basis. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Chair, seven headquarters positions, two South Slave positions, two Inuvik positions:

one administrative assistant, vacant;

one manager petroleum royalty administration, filled;

one manager industrial initiatives, filled;

one industrial initiatives analyst, vacant;

two mining recorder clerks, filled;

two district geologists, one vacant;

one transfer of a mineral DS position to MPR, vacant;

two South Slave positions for Mackenzie Valley pipeline petroleum office, filled;

two transfer of marketing promotions to MPR from corporate management, filled;

two Inuvik positions;

one oil and gas offshore...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It didn’t match up with anything on the page, so, but it’s continuing. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe the fact that it’s oversubscribed and the fact that it’s resulted in increased spending and as an industry we already have a guideline that for every dollar you spend on geoscience it results in $5 on exploration and when it goes to development it’s about $150. We think that the criteria we have now is sufficient. We only have $400,000, so we don’t want to spend a lot of money developing additional criteria. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

That’s correct, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline, after a long environmental assessment regulatory review process, was granted a certificate of conveyance and public necessity, which was recently extended, the sunset clause was extended until 2022. The Aboriginal Pipeline Group has arrangements when the pipeline goes ahead to become one-third owners of the Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We work very closely with the committees and I fully expect that we will share that information. Thank you, Mr. Chair.