Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Department of Lands has a number of ambitious challenges before it. A key part to developing our economy is making land accessible for agricultural purposes, sorting out legislative gaps, and coming to some sort of common leasing system. We have more than 250 leases that all have their own individual terms. The Minister in his time in this portfolio honoured a deal that was made by an assistant deputy minister long since passed, without consulting this government, and without respecting essential policy of his department. I think that is scandalous, Mr. Chair, and I would like the Minister to tell us what his vision is for Lands? Every time these questions are put to him, he shrugs his shoulders and says, "It is complicated. It is challenging. We are working at it." We need some clarity. There are people across the territory, whether it is Yellowknife or smaller communities that depend on a coherent system of land management in the Northwest Territories. Our agricultural strategy will fail if we do not have cohesive land policy that can make it work. What is the Minister's vision for land in the Northwest Territories, and can he at least commit to developing a comprehensive plan to deal with these issues, and will he also commit to no longer honour deals that are not part of government policy? Thank you.
Kieron Testart on Mr. Testart's Question
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