Kevin O'Reilly

Merci, Monsieur le President. There are some issues that I would like to follow up on from the recent royal visit. My colleague from Yellowknife North started to raise some of these issues earlier in this sitting.

The first issue is the need for a new name for the territorial heritage centre and museum. I have raised this issue repeatedly, as has the Member for Yellowknife North in this sitting. I was very pleased to hear the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment say basically, on May 27th, that the only obstacle to renaming the museum is political inertia as there is no requirement or...

Yes, thanks, Madam Chair. That's a problem. We can't spend 50 percent of the capital budget that's approved by the Assembly? Look, that's why I voted against the last capital budget because I didn't believe we could actually get the money out the door. And I've been proven right. And, you know, I don't blame anybody in this room, but and there's but I've asked now for tracking of those reasons for at least five or six years. Is the department actually tracking these reasons any better? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Madame la Presidente. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 65819(2) Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 20222023 be now concluded, and that Tabled Document 65819(2) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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Thanks, Madam Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress. Mahsi.

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Merci, Madame la Presidente. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 65719(2) Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 20222023 be now concluded, and that Tabled Document 65719(2) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that.

I don't know how you actively participate in something if you don't have the position. But I'm going to leave it to the Minister.

You know, the most important resource in this area of the proposed regional study is the Bathurst caribou herd, which doesn't pay any attention to boundaries.

So can the Minister explain whether our government is taking a position on the geographic scope of this proposed regional study and the need for a transboundary approach? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Yes, thanks, Madam Chair. Yes, I'd appreciate that from the Minister. I think that's the kind of transparency, accountability, and sharing of what should be publiclyavailable information that I'm looking for. So I'm happy on that one.

The question, though, I want to ask is, you know, and I would have asked it at the beginning, but I'm going to try to sneak it in here. We're getting really close to the reserve for the entire supplementary estimates, and I think some of it is largely due to spending on asset management in particular.

But what happens we've only got I think 11 million maybe the...

Merci, Monsieur le President. My questions are for the Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources.

The Tlicho government asked for a regional study covering the Slave Geological Province almost exactly a year ago. The June 7th, 2021, letter for the Tlicho government stated, "we need an independent assessment of options, impacts, and benefits before permanent infrastructure is built and there's only one chance to get it right.

So the regional study seems to have been put on hold during the recent federal election.

Can the Minister give us an update on the status of the proposed regional...