Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair we can commit to working with the community with the resources that they do have. As Dr. Kelly said, when there is an emerging fire or if there is an emergency situation then ENR would work with them to complete a firebreak, but we will continue to work with the communities.

I think the Member's question may be is: does ENR have the funding to do it, and we don't at this time, to do firebreaks, but we do work with the communities that do have money at their disposal to complete firebreaks? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have a pretty good idea or we do know, but, as I said before, it is a Finance lead and I think it's more appropriate that your questions be directed to Finance. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following three documents entitled "Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 418(2): Report on the Review of the 201415 Public Accounts," "FollowUp Letter for Oral Question 50518(2): PeopleSoft Public Service Human Resource Reports," and "FollowUp Letter for Oral Question 60618(2): Status of Transboundary Water Management Agreements." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

We appreciate the Member's comments and we will look to do a better job at promoting ourselves. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We will endeavour to get that information to the Member immediately.

I take the Member's point. As far as the road, I mean, it's still, very, very early in the discussion stage. We may not see a road for a number of years. If we see a road at all, again, that's contingent on the federal government and the funding that they might have and then as well as funding from the Northwest Territories government once we get through our budget process and we have the resources to commit to these types of projects.

So I can assure the Member that we will continue to do our part to ensure that there is a balance, but we do like to see economic development but not at all...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I think the erosion in the communities are being looked at by MACA. I could be mistaken, but I do know that the community of Tuktoyaktuk works very closely with MACA on the erosion. As far as the rest of the erosion, I would have to find that information and share it with Members, because it is something that this government and the Government of Canada is going to have a look at is the effects of climate change. You see it as you drive through the Delta with all of the ground falling, so it is a very important topic and it is a direct effect of climate change...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the money for the four positions is gone from the budget.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I believe the ADM just answered that, and she did make a commitment that we would provide to the Members some of the work and some of the projects that were going on. That type of detail, we just do not have at our fingertips right now, so we will commit to providing that to the Members. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

As I recall, some time ago we did have a list that I think we shared in Committee of the Whole, not this particular government, the past government, that actually had it broken down to the regions and to the different departments, the number of P1 candidates or P1 employees they had in their system. I can tell the Member that, of the 5,187 employees we have, 1,601, I believe, are affirmative action employees. I will look at the breakdown of numbers by community, and I will share the findings with committee.