Bob McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That money is part of the socio-economic agreement that we negotiated with Canadian Zinc and it is money that we spend to meet with the communities. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. The total amount does not change, but the tourism diversification program will be put back to, made whole, I guess is the best way to put it, and that funding will come from other O and M. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe that, through the budgeting process, normally we review the process with committee to see how it can be improved on, including the reporting and detail. My understanding is that is available. That is an exercise that is done on an annual basis. My understanding is that this is a template that all departments use. Certainly, if the committee feels that we should break it out into finer detail, we are quite prepared to do so. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. The chamber has a number of Aboriginal business people, Aboriginal miners on their board. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Much work has been done on the oil and gas strategy in the latter stage of the 17th Legislative Assembly, including the release of the public engagement report “Pathways to Petroleum Development.” The strategy was recently identified as a mandate priority for the 18th Legislative Assembly. The resource sector is the single-largest contributor to the Northwest Territories’ economy. Our territory has world-class oil and natural gas reserves and has had an active petroleum industry for a century. The draft strategy is being reviewed and edited by a Government of Northwest Territories...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Primarily for helping build business capacity in the Aboriginal governments, Aboriginal capacity building and community consultations, as well as resource pre-development program. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I didn’t understand his question.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess it is the first I heard of it. If the committee wants information in that fashion, we will endeavour to do so. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There are some members that are on both, but they’re essentially different and they’re not carbon copies of both boards. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

As I said, the Government of Canada’s recent adoption of the United Nations declaration in accordance with Canada’s laws and Constitution is a very encouraging and tangible demonstration of the federal government’s renewed commitment to Canada’s Aboriginal people. The Government of the Northwest Territories will continue to work with the federal government and Aboriginal governments to further the promotion and protection of Aboriginal and treaty rights. The successful conclusion of modern treaties and self-government agreements can be seen as the ultimate expression of free, prior, and...