Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as with most sittings, I'd like to ask the Minister of ECC about the ongoing efforts to make targeted amendments to the Waters Act and would like to do the same this sitting.
Mr. Speaker, can the Minister give us an update as to where we are at in that process to make targeted amendments to the Waters Act.
Minister of Environment and Climate Change.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as we've worked through, we've committed to a three-phase process on the Waters Act itself. We're currently working through phase one. A tremendous amount of work has been completed in phase one, and we are very -- unfortunately, I cannot give a specific date, but we are very, very close to moving through the first part of our process in phase one and hope to have those available very shortly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not going to pester the Minister for a specific date, because he certainly just said he can't provide one, but I hope very soon -- I am going to interpret that a certain way. So I am excited to hear that.
Mr. Speaker, what will be the next steps for this process once it comes out of what he describes as phase one? And I am confused because I know there's a couple of different processes going on with the Waters Act, and one of the phases is a much wider set of amendments to the Waters Act. But I think he's talking about the specific phases within the process of making the targeted amendments. And I could be wrong there, but just curious what the next step is for the targeted amendments, to be clear. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, so as the target amendments have gone through the working group process, there were a couple of items that were still unresolved that the working group was attempting to complete and as soon as those are complete, that process will be complete as well. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. Final supplementary. Member from Frame Lake.
Thank you. I am glad to be drilling down to specifics, Mr. Speaker. So once that process is complete, what's the next step; what happens? What can the Assembly expect to see? Are the amendments going to come forward for the Assembly to approve? That's what I am looking to understand. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the specific process of the next step, I don't have that information currently with me today, but I will be happy to relay that to the Member. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. Oral questions. Member from Yellowknife Centre.
