Daniel McNeely

No further questions there. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thanks to the Minister for that information on potential renewals.

My next question is related, further on down the line, to the traditional knowledge. Traditional knowledge is a local science, which I think everybody respects and have gained with practical experience living on the land. In recognition of that talent or that experience, is there any movement or initiatives by this department in that area to look at a knowledge economy in recognition of the traditional knowledge that we have out there in our territory? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is I see quite a reduction to the nature fund protected areas. You got three candidates there. Three candidates there, and they took quite a drastic cut.

Can the Minister explain the rationale behind these cuts? I'm curious to see if there is a contribution agreement or a conservation agreement that might be jeopardized in this reduction. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thanks, Dr. Kelly, for that explanation.

My next question is there any plans for this group or this organization to expose themselves or give the public exposure and have meetings, say, in the Sahtu that we're the greatest region in the whole 650-kilometer watershed impacted by the low waters of Mackenzie. So is there any planned meetings for this board in the Sahtu? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just to clarify, is this an activity of information item as identified on top, or is it an activity for approval? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I totally support that increase there, and I just hope it's sufficient funding as I really see a need for some of these committees, particularly the social development committee, having to travel out to the communities of impact, some areas are more impacted than others, and I always find it more beneficial to sit face-to-face with the community leaders in their home setting and that'll give a better understanding of the various committees and the organizational structure of this Assembly and better understand how we function as a government to address the problems out in...

Yeah, thanks, Mr. Chair. I was more or less asking if there's any outside type services here. As the Minister knows, the NWTAC that represents all the municipalities is experiencing a gap, and this gap or a shortfall has been going on for several Assemblies. So is there any additional funding that would help these communities, in particular mobilize a compressor that would compress that's old vehicles from community to community, similar to what the government had years ago in the DOT days here. They had a crusher that went from community to the community and stockpiled crushed material. It...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too will be supporting this motion. For all I've said in this Chamber and outside of this Chamber, direct to the point, let find solutions and move on. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thanks to the Minister for that response there. Safety is paramount in all operations, whether you're working in private sector or industry. Having worked in a number of sectors here, it was quite common that we have a fire drill in our camp. So this is just a process to bring awareness on our response plans for the job sites were in place, so everybody's familiar with the practices and where to go and where the muster points are. So this will all be similar in getting our community governments ready, having that dialogue, the regional office go to Tulita or Coville...

Mahsi cho to the reply of that. It's very encouraging to see that we are here to support our business community.

Mr. Speaker, my third question to the Minister, can the Minister immediately freeze loan payments owed to Prosper NWT from businesses in the Sahtu region without penalty for a period of time to weather this financial storm? Mahsi.