Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for Minister Miltenberger, ENR, and I'd like to speak about the northern tools. The Minister has stated that the NWT Wildlife Act, the Territorial Parks Act and the Lands Act could be used to protect special areas of the NWT as northern tools, including Thaidene Nene. More specifically, the Minister has stated that Thaidene Nene will likely be protected through a combination of national park legislation and northern tools. This was in Hansard on February 19th. On public lands in the NWT, it's important that all members of the public are meaningfully engaged in decisions about land use that impact their future.
My first question is: Given the current lack of transparency on what these northern tools actually are, can the Minister provide assurance that the public will be consulted on the exact nature of northern tools, some of which are in federal legislation, devolution legislation that we've mirrored without any review by the public, for protection and conservation of NWT lands? Mahsi.