Bob McLeod

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. There was internal reallocation of one position from MPR to MPI, and there’s one reduction in an economic development officer position. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The mineral advisory board provides high-level advice to myself and the chamber deals with mining on an issue-by-issue basis. 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.

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...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Member is aware, the Deline Final Self-Government Agreement will be coming into effect on September 1, 2016. That will become the first self-government agreement to be negotiated in the Northwest Territories on a community basis. In fact, earlier this week the Deline Got'ine Government held its first election and have elected Raymond Tutcho as its first chief. The GNWT is working collaboratively with Deline and with the Government of Canada to prepare for the September 1, 2016 effective date of the Deline Final Self-Government Agreement, the tri-party Deline self...

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.