Thank you, Mr. Campbell. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to express my support for that decision and that plan. It’s particularly become more critical that governments such as ours step into the major gaps left by the federal government pulling out of science and with our recent devolution, I think this is a totally logical step. In my view, it will only become more important. The mid-tundra is quite different than the High Arctic research situation, and as the world starts to express the change that

’s coming upon us,

this could be an important facility to help us understand that with these partners that the deputy minister mentioned, I certainly appreciate that. That’s all I have, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. I will consider that more of a comment. Committee, we are on pages 28-29, wildlife,

infrastructure investments, $5.378 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Turn back to page 19, Environment and Natural Resources, total infrastructure investments, $27.939 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that we’ve concluded consideration

for

Environment

and

Natural

Resources?

Thank you, committee. At this time I’d like to thank the Minister and our guests, Mr. Campbell and Ms. Craig, for joining us. If I could please ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to escort our witnesses out of the Chamber. Thank you.

Continuing on with our agenda today, we have next on our list Industry, Tourism and Investment. With that, I will turn it over to the Minister responsible to see if he has any witnesses he wants to bring in. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do have witnesses.

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Does committee agree?

Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort our witnesses in, please.

Minister Ramsay, please introduce your witnesses to the House.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It’s my pleasure to introduce to the House the witnesses I have with me today. To my right is Ms. Kelly Kaylo, assistant deputy minister of ITI; to my let is Ms. Rhona Stanislaus, acting director of finance and administration with the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment.

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Welcome to the House, Ms. Stanislaus and Ms. Kaylo. Committee, we are on Industry, Tourism and Investment, page 45 of your capital investments. With that, we will turn it over to general comments.

Is committee prepared to go to detail?

Thank you, committee. We’ll defer consideration of page 45 until we are finished the details. I will get you to turn your attention to pages 48 and 49, tourism and parks, infrastructure investments, $3.598 million. Does committee agree? Ms. Bisaro.

That would be correct, Ms. Bisaro. That would be 48, 49 and 50. Ms. Bisaro.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I just have a question with regard to the Gwich’in Park Lake access road. I know we have a program within Transportation for access roads. I’m wondering why – this is obviously a road issue – it’s in this department as opposed to being in the Department of Transportation. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It would be different than a community access road in that it gets to a park and would be the responsibility of the Department of ITI for the construction of that road.