Thank you, Madam Chair. Our government has negotiated something called a protocol agreement with the Mackenzie Valley Producers Group, and we are negotiating that on behalf of all NWT residents. From that protocol agreement, there are a number of other agreements or sub-agreements that will flow. In fact, the parties involved have identified 10 agreements or arrangements that are likely to flow from that overarching protocol agreement. There are such things as socioeconomic agreements, environmental agreements, quarries, highways, airport operations, utilities and that has to do with pipeline routing, some public road right-of-ways, improvements to infrastructure including transportation infrastructure and also federal Commissioner's land lease and permit processes, use of local government infrastructure, use of hydroelectric infrastructure and fiscal assurance. So there are a number of sub-agreements that flow from this protocol agreement. The socioeconomic agreement is obviously very significant and important, but there are other agreements as well.
Brendan Bell on Committee Motion 3-15(3): To Delete $120,000 From The Financial Management Board Secretariat Budgeting And Evaluation Re Foregone Interest, Defeated
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Committee Motion 3-15(3): To Delete $120,000 From The Financial Management Board Secretariat Budgeting And Evaluation Re Foregone Interest, Defeated
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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