Kevin O'Reilly

Merci, Monsieur le President. I wish to table the following document: It's a Resolution Number 22/23013, 52nd Dene National Assembly, Subject: Keepers of the Water Resolution. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Yeah, okay, thanks. Yeah, I appreciate the commitment there from the Minister to share it with us, and then work with NWTAC. And I don't see any reason why this couldn't or shouldn't be made public. But I'm sort of thinking of some kind of a public dashboard that, you know, could get updated at least once a year. But, okay.

Lastly, I know my colleague asked about the asset plans. How many asset plans have actually been finished for community governments? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that. I'm happy to send her some pictures of the junk when we're finished here. But in my view, the Cantung and the Mactung saga is another example of postdevolution mismanagement of our resources. When I asked the Minister for lessons learned last time, she said that lessons learned would be considered at the time of sale. So I'm going to try the question again. Can the Minister explain what lessons have been learned about financial security and public liabilities from the Cantung and Mactung saga? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Okay, so where are we at with calculating a new version or figure for the municipal funding gap and actually addressing that? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that. Details on the agreement for the sale of this property seem to be quite scarce. Can the Minister confirm whether the terms of sale will be binding on any future owners of the property in the case where Fireweed Zinc decides to sell the property or loses it? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Well, while the Minister's on a roll here, so I, you know, on page 69, large capital projects, it was $31.5 million in 20212022 and it's gone down now to $29 million. And, of course, the cost of living's actually gone up. So can someone explain to me the decline in funding here to our communities? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I have some good news. Our government says it has sold the Mactung mining property; a zombie that just keeps on giving.

The owner, North American Tungsten, went into creditor protection after GNWT agreed to take on this operation under devolution. GNWT allowed that company to keep the Mactung property as part of its financial security for its water license. Cabinet ended up buying Mactung for $4.5 million through a special warrant that bypassed the Legislative Assembly. Cabinet then spent almost $480,000 on a partial cleanup of that property, plus all the work...

Thanks, Madam Chair. Nothing about our guests at the table here, but I move that this committee defer further consideration of the estimates for the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly at this time. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair, and thanks to the Speaker for that information. So when we say "barrierfree washrooms" is that just on this main floor, or is it throughout the building? And is it, like widening of doors, stalls; generally what kind of work is going to be done? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I appreciate the commitment from the Minister and as much as I would like to see it, I think the public also needs to see this. So I'll take her commitment there.

I do want to make some remarks now. I do want to compliment the Minister for the new approach, limiting capital spending to the $260 million cap that I think better reflects our ability to actually get money out the door. And I know that the department is also doing much better tracking of the reasons for carryovers and can then, you know, work towards trying to look at what the barriers are and how to change that...