Thank you, Mr. Chair. What this change is all about is to I think just shift the focus a little bit, not just from developing a five-year action plan for the Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program, but supporting the program as a whole. It's Part 6 of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act. This was part of the integrated resource management system that was negotiated through constitutionally-entrenched land claims agreements to make sure that we understand what the health of our ecosystems is, but also to look at how the different components of that integrated environmental management system are working together. As part of the Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program or Part 6 of the Act, there's also a Northwest Territories environmental audit. As I said earlier, those different parts of the integrated system work together and look at the health of our ecosystems. The environmental audit is carried out every five years. It's a very, very important part of how we take care of our environment and our lands and waters, and there is an arrangement with the Inuvialuit to work with the Inuvialuit Regional Council so that they can be part of the environmental audit as well. That's the mechanism that we should view any changes through for the environmental management system. They should really be focused through the audit, and a very important part of that audit is to make sure that our territorial government actually responds to the audit and that folks are all working together. I think this is a constructive change and I look forward to support from the Members on the other side. Thank you.
Kevin O'Reilly on Committee Motion 7-18(2) Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Environmental Management, Carried
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Committee Motion 7-18(2) Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Environmental Management, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 23rd, 2016
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