Michael Miltenberger

Mr. Speaker, I don’t have the detail that the Member has referred to, but I will, once again, commit that we want to honour all our requirements and our obligations in this process within the land claim acts and within all the policies and regulations that govern us, to make sure that we avoid this kind of circumstance in the future. We’ve indicated we have some work to do and we are going to do that. Thank you.

We budgeted $50,000 for travel, $29,720 for accommodation, $6,170 for per diems, which gave us $85,890 and was rounded up to $86,000.

It probably would be one of the questions we’d ask. Who helped negotiate these agreements that left us...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are taking the steps, attempting to take the steps to be in full compliance, recognizing that this particular licence issue has brought to light the complexity of the right of first refusal in two jurisdictions where there’s an overlap of the licence. I’ve committed in writing to the Member for Sahtu to the process I just outlined to the Member for Mackenzie Delta of what we intend to do over the coming months to try to remedy this situation. Thank you.

Yes, Mr. Chairman. Sandy Kalgutkar, deputy secretary of the FMB.

Yes, we will keep the Member for Mackenzie Delta and the Member for Sahtu fully informed. As well, I will get to them a timeline and a work plan of what is being planned in terms of the meetings required to resolve this issue. Thank you.

As I indicated, we are intent upon honouring all our obligations, recognizing that there are other considerations when it comes to who can own licences, the need to recognize the trade between different jurisdictions and such. But I take the Member’s point and we are working it. On this particular issue there have been a number of things that have been brought to light that we’ve committed to clearing up in the coming months. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to present Supplementary Appropriation No. 2 (Operations Expenditures), 2009-2010. This document outlines an increase of $17.15 million in operations expenditures for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

The major items in this supplementary request include:

$18.3 million for the additional costs to be incurred as a result of the Collective Agreement between the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Union of Northern Workers;

$550,000 for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs to provide contribution funding in support of NWT participation in the...

Work is underway to get this process going, recognizing the complexity of the situation and the circumstances, the two land claims, different jurisdictions, a number of questions to be resolved in relation to aboriginal governments, management boards, the full role of the GNWT. We started this process, we just anticipate that the discussions may take some time, but we are on this one already.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, November 5, 2009, I will move that Bill 8, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 3, 2009-2010, be read for the first time.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, November 5, 2009, I will move that Bill 9, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures) No. 2, 2009-2010, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.