Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I believe the Minister or his staff mentioned the offshore negotiations that are possible under the devolution agreement. Given that the federal government has prohibited exploration in the offshore area, what is the status of these negotiations? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I confess to using the wrong words, but there's a closing balance here. It's more than the money that's budgeted to be spent this year, but I'll just park that one for now. I think we should just be using more of that money, but does this fund actually have a plan, a strategy of priorities that have been identified for the use of these funds, and if so can the Minister provide it? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I have a number of questions here around support for the mining industry. The Minister mentioned that they're using internal resources for drafting of the petroleum resources legislation that they intend to bring forward. So I'm just curious to know why there's a request for qualifications out for the new Mineral Resources Act. Thank you.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister then explain what the money is for? Thank you.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I'm looking at page 214, which is the Environmental Studies Research Fund, and I guess for 2017-18 looking at spending $298,000, and there's still a closing balance of $326,000. I'm just wondering why there's not a plan to spend more of the funding than $298,000. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

That's great that these are partnerships, but when people don't live up to them there have got to be some sanctions there or some way of ensuring compliance again.

So there's a mix of commitments in terms of office locations and functions in the current socio-economic agreements. When I looked at the Voisey's Bay development agreement and our inability to retain head offices for large resource development projects, what is the Minister prepared to do to ensure that there are no further main office closures in Yellowknife by resource developers?

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Why are we contracting people to go meet with the communities? Is that not something that we would do on our own with our existing staff? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Look, I'll be the first to admit I don’t really know a lot about how tourism operators are regulated. So is this individual then going to look at applications for potential operators, check to see whether they've got insurance coverage, go out and do inspections or something on their infrastructure or vehicles? Maybe the Minister could just get a little bit more specific about what this position really does. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. My questions are for the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment. On the weekend I was doing some work, research for my Member's statement on socio-economic agreements, so I went to the departmental website. There's a mix of unsigned versions and only one completed and signed agreement there. Can the Minister commit to getting the final and signed versions of all these agreements on the department's website within a reasonable period of time? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I am not sure that it is buried in there. This seems to be a much more transparent way of presenting the information; why has it been moved to contracts? Thanks, Mr. Chair.