Yes, Mr. Chairman, the total amount that renewable will have to pay out will be $2.3 million. In 1994-95, they had base funding of $300,000 -- as I said, the claim was $2.3 million -- they had a credit of $206,000 from the WCB and this is the amount of money required to top it up to the $2.3 million, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.

Thank you. Conservation, education and resource development, not previously authorized, $2.181 million.

Agreed.

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Agreed, thank you. Policy and planning, special warrants, $278,500.

Agreed.

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Mr. Patterson.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am quite interested in how this initiative will be undertaken. I know that the special warrant was approved in January, I imagine the money was not all to be spent in three months. I would just like to get some detail about what is being done for these funds. Thank you.

Yes. Mr. Minister.

Mr. Chairman, the amount of $278,500 is made up of casual wages required to complete the report publication, that is the traditional knowledge report. Publication of GNWT response in the different languages, $19,000; travel for the March 1994 workshop with cultural organizations, $8,000; coordinator's salary and infrastructure costs, $16,500; the public awareness campaign in consultation with aboriginal cultural organizations needed some travel to meet with the communities and organizations, that was $20,000; there was a poster completed at $10,000; an annual report for $5,000; there were additional public education materials for $5,000; the gathering and translation of traditional concepts costs $30,000; the workshop with cultural organization on work items, $35,000; the workshop with elders and youth on specific GNWT initiatives, $120,000; which totals the $278,500, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Patterson.

Is that work all complete? Mr. Chairman, was that all done in three months? Thank you.

Mr. Minister.

Mr. Chairman, I have specified what the amount was made up of, I don't know to what stage these things are at. I would respectfully ask the Minister of Renewable Resources to answer that question. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To the detail of the amounts that were allocated or requested in the special warrant, I had insisted that the traditional knowledge coordinator should be located in Nunavut. To date, this position has not yet been filled. So the conference that was being planned for this month did not take place. This request for the .25 person year as yet, has not been filled. Although, there are some things that have happened with a person who had been hired on a casual basis. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you. Policy and planning. Mr. Patterson.

I appreciate you craning you neck, Mr. Chairman, I know I'm on the fringe here. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the Minister of Finance, since the Minister of Renewable Resources has indicated that certain initiatives planned for this month could not be completed, including a conference that I think he said was budgeted at $120,000. I would like to ask the Minister of Finance, does that mean that we could safely delete those funds from this supplementary appropriation; the $120,000 and the .25 person year? If they're not going to be spent, would it not be responsible to delete them from this bill? Thank you.

The honourable Minister of Finance.

That's an option, Mr. Chairman. I would rather suggest a different option, though, and that is to allow the department to carry the funds over so they can do this conference as soon as possible in the new fiscal year. I think there's a way of allowing that money to be carried over and used for the same purpose. I think it's still the intention of the government and still the intention of the Minister to go through with the conference, so that would be my preference, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.

Thank you. Policy and planning. Mr. Patterson.

I think this is a worthwhile initiative, Mr. Chairman, and I would like to see it happen. Thank you.

Thank you. Policy and planning, special warrants, $278,500.

Agreed.

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Thank you. Total department, special warrants, $368,500. Agreed? Total department, do we agree? Mr. Patterson.