Thank you, Madam Chair. I believe we are looking at 12 positions that would be established if this were to go through in a number of areas. Again, there are two pieces of this within the supp. One is the other departments being prepared, and getting more involved in staffing up because we felt that there are not the adequate resources from within. For example, in Finance it is in the area of the Bureau of Statistics so that we can be more prepared and have the resources to work on developing the information required for all departments to use. Estimates of cumulative resources impacts, employment, population, income and economic growth so that again all departments can use that information so that they can build their business plans in a more effective manner, and more up-to-date estimates.
Municipal and Community Affairs is to work with the coordination of the permitting process within the municipal boundaries because we know that each community along the way will be impacted. So the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs needs to be more involved and prepared. So that will help out with communities.
Education, Culture and Employment in the area of the Aurora Institute for licensing or for research licensing and activity that is within the areas impacted again by the resource development, and they need those. As well as the heritage resources side of it, so that we could once again be prepared in accounting for some of the rights-of-way and the surrounding areas that would be impacted so that we can collect the right kind of information to ensure that the land is protected, and the cultural aspects of the areas are protected. So that is in there.
Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development; part of this supp is for the environmental protection technical assessment in that area again for the regulatory process. Then much the same with the other area. The second part of this, as the Member had referenced earlier, the section specifically for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development is particularly identified for the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development in establishing the pipeline office. We know as a government, the 15th Assembly knows that there is much work needed to be done and that we have to catch up to this in being prepared and moving forward. So we have started down that path. It was felt initially when the submissions came forward that we needed to have a more coordinated approach, so departments were sent back to begin working together on the approach of how we deal with this. So this is what we see now as the first stage of that being prepared as a government to at least deal with the critical areas that we feel there are shortages in. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.