Wally Schumann

That is correct, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much.

The two that we're working on, as I just mentioned, Fort Providence and Aklavik, we'll be working with the communities. We're hoping in the future that we're going to get some more federal funding to commit to do more community energy plans in the future, so we'll be pushing that, but also as part of our energy public engagement that we're doing presently, we are also asking invited participants as well as the public that come to our meetings about the Arctic Energy programs and services and how they can be improved as well. So that's another avenue for people to reach out in the communities...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, we are still working on this moving forward. We have drafted a strategy that offers a viable balance and a madeintheNWT approach to advancing oil and gas development in the Northwest Territories. I don't know if the Member has any more questions on it, but we are working on it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I have said earlier, all these items are in our mandate commitments, so there is no consideration of cutting funding to mandate items. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The NWT TTA marketing strategy is a panterritorial initiative, and they are looking at all regions of the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are two different jurisdictions. I am worried about the Government of the Northwest Territories, not the Government of the Yukon. Like I have said in my comment previous to this, I will look at trying to top this up in the coming years of the life of this Legislative Assembly. I believe it is an important program within the department of ITI, and I will see what I can do with my Cabinet colleagues moving forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would have to get a little more detail on that how that's being rolled out, because I believe that's kind of a cross-departmental issue with Education, Culture and Employment, and the amount of input that we have in it. I don't believe it's part of the curriculum across the Northwest Territories yet, but it is being rolled out in that particular region I think in the coming school year that you're talking about. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Doi T'oh Territorial Park Canol Heritage Trail is still under the federal government. They are working on their initiative coming forward. I believe they have already had a site tour of potential bidders there in the last fall on this site. I believe in the coming months they are supposed to be doing a bid process and see how all that rolls out. Until that time, it is still under federal responsibility. We will not be moving on that initiative until that takes place. I believe we are also still working with the federal government on sources of funding to finish up...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we agree. The Arctic Energy Alliance is a great program for the communities in the Northwest Territories. We are currently updating all the energy profiles of the communities of the Northwest Territories. They were last done in 2010. Over half of them are done, and they will be posted in the coming month here, hopefully. Within this next calendar year, we will finish up the rest of the communities on the community energy profiles. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think the UN declaration is probably pretty much recognized by all governments in Canada now, but as we move forward, that is one of the reasons why we are going to have a legal and specialist person drafting this moving forward, to ensure all these things are met. Thank you, Mr. Chair.