Daniel McNeely

Now, we have $15,000 and some supports here. Will the Minister provide some dates for a stakeholder's meeting?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Adding to my Member's statement earlier on the preservation of the Deline culture and heritage by establishing a library similar to ours, but probably a little bit smaller, my first question to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment is: are there appropriate funding support and programs for this initiative? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Is it expected on the operational side for 2017-18, assuming everything goes right, to have a clean bill of health, I would say, for an unclaim, unleave on this program transferred to our books within the fiscal year? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is on 132, program detail on the bottom there, other program costs, $6,000,077. I just want a little explanation on what is defined as "other"? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I, too, look forward to going through this department to review the resources that are going to be going towards conclusion of the claims in the other parts of our territory and discussing resources and authorities needed to groom the Deline Got'ine Government. One thing is to sign and conclude the agreement. That is only the beginning. The real starts on the implementation of setting up this government similar to ours, here, and to ensure that there are adequate resources to support the implementation of the concluded agreement. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I am very glad for that response here. It is leading toward the establishment of this centre and, aside from the curricular libraries we have in the schools, this will be somewhat uniquely different for the fact that we're supporting a government library that is going to archive the many histories and locations around the Deline Great Bear Lake area, as well as the wealth and knowledge that the elders have, and that has to be captured before, unfortunately hopefully not, the passing on of the individuals who possess that wealth and knowledge. Is the Minister willing to provide these resources...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. The Deline Got'ine Government has started after many years of negotiations. Preservation of their culture and heritage is high on their mandate.

Mr. Speaker, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission came out with a number of recommendations, one of them being preservation of traditional knowledge.

Mr. Speaker, recognizing the resource staff in this building and coming to know the wealth of knowledge and supports given by the staff members, in particular the library and resource centre we have here, this archived wealth of knowledge is exactly what the Deline Got'ine Government...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just looking at the fibre optic link, if you total over the last few years, it comes out to roughly $30 million. The total project is $18 million and this year 2017-18, it doesn't really amount to that. Is the rest being identified as holdback until the completion of this project is done? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is on page 114, the implementation budgeted number that reduced a bit. Is there sufficient moneys coming up for this coming fiscal year for the implementation related to the Deline agreement? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is on page 63, conservation planning. As I mentioned in my opening comments here, and the Minister has answered earlier or Dr. Kelly has answered earlier on the cuts taken to continue on with conservation planning, and I just want to mention, is there sufficient resources there after Thaidene Nene is done to move on to the next task at hand, and if it may be the Rampart Wetlands, I just want to hear that you have enough confidence or enough resources here to proceed to that conclusion request for preservation? Thank you, Mr. Chair.