R.J. Simpson

The monument. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. And the Member has raised the timelines, and I think that that's -- well, that is something I will bring forward to the IGC. Because as I mentioned, the elected leaders around the table, I am not sure if all of us always know what's going on and it's not always possible to keep track of every discussion that's happening related to legislative development, so ensuring that, you know, we have things like that in place would help us all stay on top of these. And if there's a timeline, if you're working towards something, obviously there's a greater sense of urgency, there's going to be...

I'd like to go to the deputy minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I can try and find a list here of everyone. But essentially the Dehcho is represented at the table by the grand chief, negotiator, and I know that they represent a number of communities in the Dehcho region. I am just trying to find it here so I can give everyone an accurate list.

No, it's in my other binder, so -- or it's not in this list here. So I can provide the Member with a list of the communities. I just don't want to leave anyone out, and I want to make sure I get it right, so. Thank you.

Thank you. Tram Do, director of shared corporate services; John MacDonald, deputy minister. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That's more properly addressed to the Minister of Finance so I would like her to answer that question. Thank you.

Thank you. I will consider the Member's comments. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I appreciate the Member's comments. When we're talking about projects and the Member mentioned that some missteps could delay projects, we are looking at the work that is happening, or that will be happening around the territory, in Inuvik specifically with the Department of National Defence, and trying to determine how we can best structure ourselves to ensure that we don't have those missteps and there's support when available. So I will take the Member's comments and consider that as we are looking at how we structure ourselves to advance these big projects that we...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I can say that I have not put my mind to having a single GNWT consultation team that would travel around and do all different types of consultation, but I understand what the Member's talking about, the consultation burden that Indigenous governments and communities outside of -- especially outside of Yellowknife and the regional centres feel. So EIA's role in that is that we do speak with the Indigenous governments and we talk to them about the consultation burden and if they're experiencing it. And so if we learn that this community is, you know, seeing lots of these...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I think there is an opportunity to look at the direction that is provided to the officials at that table on the GNWT side. I think government sort of moves at a certain pace, but there's clearly a desire from the Assembly, and I know from Cabinet, to move more quickly on things. And I think that might fall under the category of providing more leadership. Because the Member's right, we do have more resources. You know, we've -- so, I am trying to avoid talking about the GNWT as being the boss at the table and being able to push things through against the wishes of...