Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in speaking to my friends and contemporaries at city hall, they are telling me about the challenges. They still don't have any land, and there seems to be a land grid lock. And they often ask me, is there a policy with ECC to not transfer land, and I'd like to get that clarified, because the city wants to maximize its tax base with opportunities.
So, Mr. Speaker, with the Minister of ECC, I'd like to clarify, is there any type of policy that obstructs transfer of land that has been identified for their needs? Thank you.
Thank you, Member from Yellowknife Centre. Minister of Environment and Climate Change.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, no, there is not.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when an application comes in, it should have sort of a -- we'll call it a target time. In other words, this application must be fulfilled within 90 days. Mr. Speaker, I believe the Minister agreed to that earlier in this Assembly. Mr. Speaker, is that policy being implemented that upon an application received in good order, it will be processed within 90 days? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the process through which a land application goes, once it becomes into the system, it has multiple steps. Not all of the steps are within the control of the department. So there's consultation that's involved. There's documentation, the moving into the legal realm. There's reviews by counsel on both sides, either for the department or for the purchaser of the land. So many of these components do not have specific timelines associated with them however we do make every effort to move the land applications through as quickly as possible. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. Final supplementary. Member from Yellowknife Centre.
Mr. Speaker, if I was in the city administration, I go to the cupboard and I open it up, the cupboard of land is bare, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, if they ask for too much, they say, oh, well you don't need that land, so no, we deny it. So, Mr. Speaker, what is the department of ECC planning to transfer this spring to the City of Yellowknife to ensure that they can keep the opportunities of maximized tax base and a growing economy here in Yellowknife?
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, recently, the department signed a memorandum of collaboration to work with the City of Yellowknife, and we have been working together on many files to transfer land within the city. Currently, there are eight files in process, two of -- six of which are currently in consultation and two of which have moved to the next level. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. Oral questions. Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.
