Julie Green

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the Minister for that endorsement. As the Minister of MACA, of course you have a close relationship with the NWT Association of Communities, and they've had a "drop the bottled water" resolution on their books for a number of years. So once you've persuaded the GNWT to go bottle-free, will you issue a challenge to your municipal partners to do the same? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'm not doubting that the recipients are doing what they said they would do with that, but is this self-reporting or is this the department providing oversight on the self-reporting? How is this information determined? Thank you.

If the Minister is a champion for tap water, then can she take the lead in Cabinet and request her Cabinet colleagues to instruct their departments and agencies, the ones that are under their direction, to remove the bottled water coolers and also to direct them that bottled water will no longer be purchased with GNWT money?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, in other parts of his portfolios, the Minister has been able to rhyme off statistics for dollars spent and benefits for the Northwest Territories economy. I am puzzled that he doesn't do a systematic evaluation of this program as well to ensure that money is well spent in this area. I wonder if the Minister has given any thought to a systematic evaluation of the Tourism Product Diversification Program? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to introduce Brenda Van Hauvart; she is the water specialist with Ecology North who is spearheading the Love NWT Water campaign. Also my constituency assistant, Craig Yeo. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Could the Minister tell us what kind of an evaluation, if any, is done on the value of the spending in each of these tourism areas, such as 2020, product diversification, industry contribution, skills development? Thank you.

I have no further questions. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister confirm that all seven staff are engaged in the development of this legislation? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have never seen the government jump on an opportunity in my life in the NWT. Crawl towards it is more the speed that it goes. So why staff this office on a whatif basis if they are waiting for the future to unfold? Why not put that money into the economic diversification that my colleagues have talked about until oil and gas is a going concern again? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am going to use a definition of a "specialist" as somebody who has unique, specialized educational attainment and work experience in the level of petroleum resources. Thank you.