Thank you, Mr. Bohnet. Ms. Bisaro.

Mr. Chairman, if there is a development on Commissioner’s land, is the deputy minister saying that it is now a GNWT responsibility to clean it up either pre or post devolution? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Miltenberger.

Mr. Chairman, as we negotiate the devolution agreement, there is going to be an identification of sites and there is going to be milestone times. There are going to be ones that we will be responsible for. There are going to be older ones existing, ones on Crown land that the federal government will continue to have responsibility for. There will be a going forward date from which time that once the agreement is signed that we will be responsible for new ones. Thank you.

I have two further questions. Should a site be missed in the analysis and the identification of all the sites within our Territory, should a particular site be missed and it be discovered some time after devolution, whose responsibility would it then be? I am assuming that a site that was the responsibility of the federal government when it was initially developed, it is missed in the census of sites, whose responsibility is it after devolution to clean that up? I will start with that. Thanks.

Mr. Chairman, given the fact that we have just signed the agreement-in-principle and we are just sort of organizing ourselves in our jurisdictions to start the negotiations, that is an issue that will have to be resolved. I would anticipate there would be possibly some type of period of time to allow for those types of loose ends or oversights. At this point, I am not in a position to speak specifically what the final detail will be on that very specific issue that the Member has raised. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, thanks to the Minister for that. It is good to hear that it is going to be considered. I hope that doesn’t fall off the table, because it is entirely possible we will discover sites long after we have signed a devolution agreement.

My last question has to do with security. We have recently amended the Commissioner’s Land Act to require security for developments. Can the Minister comment on the likelihood in the future that we will have a development without asking for that kind of security and without asking a company to put up security for cleanup costs at the end of the life of the project? Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, that strikes me as what I would call a hypothetical question of the highest category. Can I anticipate when we would not ask for security or some type of bond I believe the Member has asked? I am here to say it would be very expected of me to say whether I could or not. I would anticipate that we are going to be making sure for every development that we protect the interests of the people of the Northwest Territories. We have all the protections that the system allows us to do that. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, thanks to the Minister. That is the answer that I wanted. I wasn’t expecting details, but I am really glad to know it is the position of the Minister and presumably this government that, yes, we are going to do all we can to protect our residents and our Territory from harmful effects and financial costs, too, in terms of cleaning up the environment. That is just a comment. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Committee, once again, we’re on page 13-17, Environment and Natural Resources, activity summary, environment, operations expenditures summary, $8.662 million. Agreed?

Moving on, page 13-18, Environment and Natural Resources, activity summary, environment, grants and contributions, contributions, $4.184 million. Agreed?

Committee, page 13-19, Environment and Natural Resources, information item, environment, active positions. Agreed?

Page 13-21, Environment and Natural Resources, activity summary, forest management, operations expenditures summary, $28.439 million.

Thank you, committee. Moving on, page 13-22, Environment and Natural Resources, activity summary, forest management, grants and contributions, grants, total grants, $100,000. Agreed?

Sorry; Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just wanted to ask, have we been fairly active with our forest fire damage compensation? Have we been giving it to people applying for that compensation?

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Bohnet.