Julie Green

I would like to understand, given this change, whether the amount of money available for northern film producers is the same as last year, which I believe was $100,000. Thank you.

Nothing further. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Your licensing fees are $518,000 per year. Since 201415, that is an amount that's gone up by about 20 per cent? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I wonder if the Minister could provide some detail around the line chargebacks in the expenditure category. Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don’t feel like I made that decision. I haven't, until yesterday, seen the business case for this road, so I encourage the government to bring this investment forward for consideration especially given the fact that the economic benefit of the road alone without the mine is so small. Is this road in fact a subsidy to the mining industry?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. You have addressed my questions. Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I spoke about the economic evaluation of the road to Whati and I have questions for the Minister of Transportation. Fortune Minerals wants this road built as a pre-condition of developing its mine. What kind of a commitment is the government getting from Fortune Minerals? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I'm pleased to hear the Minister say that because for example there are a number of pots of money that deal with heritage and with languages and with performers and maybe there's some scope to bring them all together. That's just a remark. Thank you, that's all for me.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker, and thanks, colleagues. The direct stimulative nature of the Tlicho road investment is larger than that of the Nico construction project itself. That is because this contrasts with the Nico project, whose economic impact is most felt outside the NWT because the majority of its mining and milling equipment and all of its smelter and refinery capital expenditure will also occur outside of the NWT, specifically in Saskatchewan. I will have questions for the Minister of Transportation. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question really was whether there's any more work of this type coming along. Thank you.