I just noted I didn’t respond to one specific question with regard to waste management and old vehicles. The answer is still the same. It’s on our list and we are going to work our way down there. We have been focusing on getting a territory-wide electronic waste recycling program on the go as our next big initiative. So, once again, it’s a question of time and capacity. There are old vehicles. Mr. Hawkins mentioned tires. We’ve had, as well, the issue of thousands of 45-gallon drums that are littered across the landscape. We know there are a lot of things we need to get to and we do have that list, but unfortunately I am not able to give any kind of affirmative response on that particular question.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Committee, we are on general comments.

Is committee prepared to go into detail?

Thank you, committee. Committee, page 89 we will defer until after the activity detail. That being said, I will have you turn to page 90, revenue summary, information item. Any questions? Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just noticed our licences, rental and other fees, water use fees are the same as they were last year. The Minister has said those would be going up. I am just wondering the status of that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. We’ll go to the director, Ms. Craig.

Thank you, Ms. Craig. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks for that response. I see what’s happening is not in line with what’s been said is going to happen. I think the Water Strategy recognizes that we’re undervaluing our water. The Minister’s on record as saying we’ll be working to correct that situation. I guess I’m asking where we will see that and when we will see that reflected in this budget. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you for finishing up, Mr. Bromley. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The work is going to get done, and the Member is correct that this does need looking at. We spent the first many months now, over nine months since devolution, getting things up and running. We are looking at a whole host of things that need to get looked at, fees, mirror legislation hasn’t been raised in this House and all that work is underway and starting to manifest itself here in the coming year. Thank you.

I’ll leave it at that, other than noting that it’s 11 months. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. I didn’t hear a question in there, so we’ll actually go to Mr. Blake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just really briefly under the timber permits and licences. I know it’s starting to be a concern here in my riding with people having to go to their renewable resource officers for timber permits for driftwood. I recall when this item came to the RRCs quite a while back here, that it was supposed to be just on a volunteer basis, but now it seems they’re turning this over to mandatory. You know, it’s more or less to see what volume of driftwood was taken just for needs was what they were telling us at the time. It’s starting to be an issue that now it’s mandatory for people to go and get the timber permits for driftwood which is all along the river. It’s not like it’s standing wood. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Blake. We’ll go to the deputy minister, Mr. Campbell.

Thank you, Mr. Campbell. Committee, we’re on page 90, revenue summary, information item.

Sorry, before we do that, I apologize, Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regards to the timber, I just wanted to make the observation, similar to wildlife or anything else that we do, is you can’t manage what you can’t count. So it’s a challenge in all areas. It’s a challenge, for example, with hunting and reporting. We’re working out ways we can get those numbers because it’s absolutely critical, as we see, when you look at managing any kind of resource like that. So, that’s the fundamental goal, not to infringe but on a conservation basis to be able to manage. You can’t manage what you can’t count. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Committee, again, page 90, revenue summary, information item. Any questions?

Thank you, committee. Committee, page 91, active position summary, information item. Any questions? Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My first question is on… I note the division is responsible for regional land use planning and I know through our Aboriginal government partners we’ve got a lot of land use plans in place, Inuvialuit, Gwich’in, Sahtu, Tlicho, I believe even the Dehcho have done some work there. But there are two major areas,

the North Slave and South Slave, where there hasn’t been much work done.

Has the Minister initiated processes there to get that work done? For example, this government is talking about a road to resources, Slave Geological Province highway. Where’s the land use plan that would put some context around a project like that? Thank you.