Kevin O'Reilly

In favour.

In favour.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier. Mahsi.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I give notice that on Monday, April 4th, I'll move the following motion:

Now therefore I move, second by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that the following Member be removed as an alternate to the Standing Committee on Social Development: Mr. Jackie Jacobson, the Member for Nunakput;

And further, that the following Member be appointed to the Standing Committee on Social Development: Mr. Rocky Simpson, the Member for Hay River South;

And further, that the following Member be appointed to the Standing Committee on Social Development and Government Operations: Mr...

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that of course. Well let's talk about experts because certainly in Alberta and BC, the best practice is to actually hire independent experts and set up a panel and let them go to it. But, you know, I've looked at the discussion research papers on the engagement web page. The background information there doesn't even include the ITI commissioned report NWT Mineral Sector Review and Benchmarking Study, or even the SCEDI report on Economic Analysis of the GNWT's Approach to the Mining Fiscal Review.

So can the Minister explain why...

Merci, Monsieur le President. My questions are for the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment.

My statement outlined the fundamental flaws with the current review of the NWT mining royalties. The first one is the total secrecy surrounding disclosure or of even financial analysis of mining royalties. The discussion research papers barely acknowledge the problem and propose no solutions.

Can the Minister explain the absence of any meaningful discussion of transparency and disclosure of mining royalties in the discussion research papers? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

In favour.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I move that the chair rise and report progress. Mahsi, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. As I understand, we're having a few technical issues so I move that the chair rise and report progress.

Sure, thanks, Mr. Chair. When I look at the page 137 in the main estimates for Finance, it's $335,239,000. I don't think we want to short change them by $300 million. But, you know, we're always open to further changes here, so. But no, I think we just need to get that number right. Thanks, Mr. Chair.