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The Chair Leon Lafferty

I will call the committee back to order. We are on Hay River territorial parks. Mr. Delorey.

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Paul Delorey

Paul Delorey Hay River North

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On the item of Hay River territorial parks, there is $110,000. In the five-year plan, there is $605,000. Is this $110,000 part of an ongoing project that is in the process?

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The Chair Leon Lafferty

Minister Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe the money is to continue to build a capacity at this campground. It is in the Hay River Territorial Park. It is to expand the capacity and improve the services. It is well used, and one of the more used park sites that we have. It is in the fourth year of a six-year redevelopment plan. It gets very overcrowded, so we are continuing to try to build the capacity so it can handle more visitors. Thank you.

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The Chair Leon Lafferty

Mr. Delorey.

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Paul Delorey

Paul Delorey Hay River North

This $110,000 has nothing to do with wages or contracts awarded for the running of the park?

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The Chair Leon Lafferty

Minister Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Yes, that is correct.

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The Chair Leon Lafferty

Mr. Delorey.

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Paul Delorey

Paul Delorey Hay River North

I was wondering if the department is aware of, or if there is any money allocated here for the problem with sewage disposal and water for recreational vehicles in the tourism area in Hay River? Where it is set up now at the tourist information booth? Is there any money allocated for changing that site?

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The Chair Leon Lafferty

Minister Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Thank you. We are not aware of it, but we can check into the comment made by the Member. Thank you.

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The Chair Leon Lafferty

Mr. Delorey.

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Paul Delorey

Paul Delorey Hay River North

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Would the department find that information out for me? There is a major concern. Last year the pump out and resupply for motor homes and campers coming into town was creating an awful odour problem for some of the residents, and they were after getting that site changed. I was wondering if the department was aware of it, and if they have made arrangements to do anything about it. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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The Chair Leon Lafferty

Minister Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

We will get back to the Member on it. We will check into it. Thank you.

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The Chair Leon Lafferty

Mr. Delorey. General comments. Mr. Nitah.

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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My question has to do with the Economic Strategy Panel. Can we have a status report on that and when we will see some results? If we could have some influence towards those results and the strategy that is going to be developed. Is it going to be reflective of the current financial situation that we are in or what we hope to be in? Thank you.

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The Chair Leon Lafferty

Minister Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There is a draft economic strategy that is presently being developed. I understand that the advisory panel, the co-chairs have called a meeting of the panel for the 5th and 6th, or the 6th and 7th of April, so that they can have a look at the draft strategy that they hope to have developed and written by then. Hopefully, all things considered, if it is in focus, on track, and in line with what the panel has in mind, then perhaps within a month, a couple of months, there should be a final document that will be available. Thank you.

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The Chair Leon Lafferty

Mr. Nitah.

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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for that information. I am just wondering about the rationale on using the current deputy ministers as panel members, in light of a similar initiative undertaken with the Government of the Northwest Territories with Diamond Square Senior Managers. They were the ones who sat on the panel to develop a secondary industry. Why was a similar group of individuals not used within the government? I was just wondering, if the deputy ministers are very busy, they may not give us their focused attention as managers within the government.

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The Chair Leon Lafferty

Minister Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The strategy we used to make some gains in the diamond industry has been one that has been put together by different people over the last few years, but largely driven by Cabinet and Ministers. The Economic Strategy is a strategy that we felt, as a government, should be driven by people by the communities from industry, from aboriginal communities. So the panel is made up largely of non-government people.

Once they do the work on what the economic strategy should be, then they will go to us as a government, to the federal government and hopefully it will be something well in line with our own ideas about what a strategy should entail. We are the ones who need the strategy. We have decided that accomplishing a strategy could not be developed in-house by government. It had to come from the communities and the people. Thank you.

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The Chair Leon Lafferty

Thank you, Mr. Minister. General comments or questions for the Minister? Mr. Braden.