Corporate Human Resources, not previously authorized, negative $101,000.

Total Human Resources, not previously authorized, negative $5,000.

Page 9, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, not previously authorized, negative $1,000.

Total Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, not previously authorized, negative $1,000.

Total department, not previously authorized, $2.851 million.

Total department, not previously authorized, $8,000.

Page 11, Municipal and Community Affairs, operations expenditures, directorate, not previously authorized, negative $6,000. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I had a few questions regarding funding for two regional resource development impact advisors. It was a few years back where the two positions came in and I believe they came in through supplementary appropriation as well. They were to be sunset after two years. I guess we are reaching the end of the two-year period. We had hired these two individuals to work in the regions on resource development impacts. We don't have a pipeline yet. So the first question I would have is what did these two individuals do for the past two years and how do we measure performance for positions like this in the absence of any resource development? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. I think we are going a little bit ahead, but maybe I will get the Minister to answer.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the information we've been provided is areas that staff positions have been involved with in preparation for pipeline activities is community profiles have been accomplished or completed for half of the communities in the impact area; identified community issues and concerns for inclusion in the GNWT general submission to the JRP; ongoing liaison with community governments during negotiations of the SEA, including feedback on proposed methods of addressing the issues; assisted community governments in the development of proposals for the delivery of programs using previously available funding; as well as organized regional follow-up meetings. For more detail, we could go to the Minister responsible, if that's required.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Perhaps I would look to the Minister of MACA for some more information on this, but judging what Minister Roland had to say, a lot of the work that these individuals would have been doing the past two years is something MACA would do just as a matter of course; community profiles, working with communities, setting up meetings. That's pretty basic run-of-the-mill type of work, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister responsible for MACA how he gauges the performance of two positions like this and how does he defend them coming again for renewal here, $291,000 for an additional two years, or one year, or what the story is. Maybe I will look to the Minister for some answers. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Chairman, sorry. Initially, we had four positions on a term expecting hearings and negotiations to be completed by this coming year. However, as everybody knows, the project has continued to move forward not as quickly as everybody expected. We have done a lot of work in terms of working with the communities to do the baseline studies. As the Member has indicated, we would expect MACA to have these as a matter of course. However, that's not the case. We don't have the information as to what assets are in the community, what size, what the capacity is. We also developed a template of different things that the communities could use as part of the tool kit to talk with industry. There has been a lot of discussion; there has been a lot of work done in the areas. We are now looking for continued work in that area. We are looking for two positions. I guess the biggest part of the work that needs to be done is the negotiation of the access and service agreement. The larger centres are probably not aware because money has been provided to them to negotiate those agreements directly. In the case of all the other communities, the proponent has indicated that they are not willing to negotiate access and services with each community and they expect this government to do that on their behalf. So that was one of the bigger parts of what this ask is for. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Ramsay.