Daniel McNeely

Thank you, Ms. Mathison. Mr. Thompson?

Thank you, Ms. Green. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. There’s still time for another question, Mr. Blake.

I’d like to move on calling the committee to order. Thank you, Minister. Would you like to bring your witnesses into the Chamber please?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise in the House to reply to the budget address. Mr. Speaker, last week we heard the presentation of this Assembly’s budget. As we stand here today, if we turned back the time to last year or last Assembly’s budget deliberations to unwind our current financial position, we would only find ourselves faced in a similar decision about our financial destiny. This budget is based on current challenges to reach balanced financial positions on terms developed by our peers and colleagues across the floor. It is said, and I agree, that the best social programs are wage...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Some of my questions were answered here on the caribou strategy line, but just to add to that: weren’t there any money set aside, or could be transferred, for the conclusion of a transboundary agreement particularly between the communities of Deline, Colville and the Nunavut government on a trans-boundary because of the caribou calving grounds on their side, but the migratory route on our side?

I'll ask again, which program is designated for firebreaks?

On the same page, page 96, Mr. Chair, just clarification on the $75,000 designated for wildfire risk and management plans. Is the definition of this program for firebreaks around communities? Thank you, Mr. Chair.