Wally Schumann

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think at this time, too, I want to take the opportunity to talk about the Regional Community Tourism Development and Capacity Building Workshops that we're going to be doing this year. We've got some money from the federal government and we're going to be contributing a portion of it to it, and we're going to be putting on community workshops to recognize the value of community tourism and identify champions in the communities, and all these sorts of things. So I think it's another good initiative that we're putting forward to promote tourism in the Northwest...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to recognize two pages from Hay River, Tenielle Patterson and Zoey Walsh and also their chaperone, Myrtle Graham. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think we need some more clarity, because I think he's talking about two different funds that I'm not talking about here right now. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Around $460,000. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. For all the parks in the Northwest Territories, counting staff and contractors and stuff, we spend about $5 million annually. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On my left is Director of Finance Julie Mujcin, and on my right is Deputy Minister Tom Jensen. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This reduction of the Mackenzie Valley Development Corporations was in response to the Mackenzie Valley Gas Project and these drivers no longer exist, so this was taken out of the budget as there's no activity on that presently; but as for helping out Aboriginal organizations, there's money in the Aboriginal Mineral Development Support Program, the $100,000 on the top line. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. If you go to, as I referred you yesterday in the grants and contribution book for 2015-16, in there on page 33 is the product diversification marketing allocations that we have spent. It has a number of clients in there that have received funding and their amounts. As I have said, it has a total amount of money that was spent in there. It was $1,178,732 versus the amount of increase in tourism and dollars spent in the Northwest Territories, is what I see value for money spent in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to make sure I did my math right: $150,000 and $125,000, that is $275,000, plus you can get $125,000 from additional pots.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. One of the things that we are bringing forward in the supplementary estimates -- I think they are already tabled, so I can ask about it -- we are asking for additional funding to provide the Slave geological, physical, surficial materials and permafrost study. That might have actually been in one of my Member's statements, I think. That is some of the revenue that we are trying to get to proceed with some other work. Thank you, Mr. Chair.