Michael Nadli

Thank you, Mr. Chair. No further questions.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The other part of this question is on page 207. It makes reference to the Mackenzie Valley development contribution, which is essentially non-existent anymore, but it also makes reference to the Aboriginal Pipeline Group. Does this department or this government have an obligation in terms of ensuring that the APG in terms of their relationship with the GNWT is maintained, if there is a relationship? Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, [English translation not provided.]

Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sorrow that I acknowledge a tragedy that happened on the K'atlodeeche Reserve. A house fire claimed the life of a family member, and another is in critical condition and was medevaced to Edmonton.

Last night I was made aware of the tragic house fire on the Hay River Reserve. I immediately felt sad and sorry for the loss of life and the family that was affected by this tragedy. On behalf of my colleagues of this House, I express my condolences for the family, relatives, and communities of the K...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. No further questions.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to maybe get the Minister to maybe just repeat that. He indicated that there's $5 million designated towards parks, and am I correct, $8 million towards tourism initiatives? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair; that's good to know. The reason why I'm asking is, if maybe a community or a region were interested in perhaps establishing a park, is there any criteria set or are there any factors to be considered that ITI perhaps would consider in discussions with communities in terms of future parks that could be possibly expanded? What would be the factors or criteria that determine if a park could be established? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My interest is in terms of page 211, the community tourism infrastructure and to the bottom of tourism, the various initiatives in the range of at least $5.5 million for this initiative. So I'm just trying to understand just how many territorial parks that we might have in the NWT. I understand, like, in my riding there are six territorial parks, so I just wanted to understand whether this department has a figure in terms of the total territorial parks that exist in the NWT? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a last question: the Hay River Reserve, would they be serviced out of the Fort Simpson District Office or else the Hay River South District Office? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just in terms of corporate management on page 197, we have three communities that are borderline caught in between two districts, either Fort Simpson or Hay River. So just for the record, I just wanted to come to an understanding from the Minister of his perception in terms of which office would preside over delivering services to Fort Providence, Kakisa, and Enterprise, whether it is the Dehcho office out of Fort Simpson, the district office, or else the South Slave office based out of Hay River. Thank you.

Those are great initiatives that the department is undertaking and advancing. The whole tourism is about promotion, ensuring that people do know of the NWT and some of the unique gifts that we have to offer the world. So I wanted to follow up on the question in terms of the Community Tourism Coordinator, having an individual work with the community. Does that also mean the next step of perhaps communities developing a local tourism strategy for the communities?