Bob McLeod

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.

In the life of the 18th Legislative Assembly that is exactly our plan.

We could. It’s been difficult enough to get the federal government to continue the flowthrough mining tax credit portion, but we could do that.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think the fact that we’re contributing in the amount of $400,000 is a very fair share. Yukon has had the benefit of devolution for over ten years; we’re just going in to our second year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

No, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased to report that in Colville Lake, with the Deline Got'ine, we are in a pilot project for fast-tracking self-government negotiations, and I expect that we'll all benefit from that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I would say that, overall, self-government negotiations in the Sahtu Settlement Area are going very well with several significant milestones having been reached at several tables recently.

Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories has made a commitment in its mandate to create a new three-year Energy Action Plan, building on previous investments made over the past three years and the outcomes of the energy plan review. As you have heard from the Minister of Public Works and Services, the Government of the Northwest Territories has accomplished a great deal in the areas of energy conservation and efficiency, and in implementing alternative and renewable energy solutions in recent years.

The NWT is an acknowledged leader in installed biomass heating and ranks second...

In Tulita, the negotiators for the parties recently completed a draft self-government agreement-in-principle, which is currently undergoing internal review. I expect to have the honour of signing the Tulita self-government agreement-in-principle in the coming weeks. The Deline Got'ine of Colville Lake self-government negotiation process and schedule agreement was signed in 2014 and negotiations on agreement-in-principle are well underway. Fort Good Hope self-government agreement negotiations, they've reached an agreement on a process and schedule agreement and expect it to be signed very soon...