Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Any further questions? Mr. Simpson.

Thank you, that is really good to hear. I appreciate that. The Growing Forward, there is $300,000 for that, and that is the GNWT contribution. How much is the federal contribution of the Growing Forward fund, for the total amount? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Simpson. Minister McLeod.

I believe it is $1.2 million over five years. Something like that. Sorry. $1.2 annually. Our share is $300,000 and their share is $730,000. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Any further questions? Mr. Simpson.

One more question, I guess. Well, two more. The $1.4 million for the fish plant, is there additional federal money that might be attached to that, that we can expect? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Simpson. Minister McLeod.

NWT fishermen have put in an application to CanNor seeking funding of approximately about $2.4 million. We have been after CanNor. I was just at a meeting yesterday where CanNor president or chair was there. It is still under active consideration amongst other things. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Simpson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am good for now. Thanks to the Minister for the answers.

Thank you, Mr. Simpson. I take that as comment. Next we have Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank Mr. Simpson. He asked three or four of my questions. That actually helps me out. I will probably only have one for our Minister. In regards to the community transfer initiative that talks about contributing to funding for service of economic development officers, are these positions in the communities or within the government? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe it was 13thAssembly or 14thAssembly, it was a big priority of the government to transfer government positions to municipalities. The economic development department, or now ITI, we transferred quite a number of economic development officer positions to the municipalities. A lot of them, whatever money we had was what we transferred to the communities. So the EDOs were in the communities over quite a long time now. A lot of the communities had difficulties filling the positions because the funding wasn't at a high-enough level. So I think we have gone back at least two or three times to get additional funding. I think these are what these positions are. So not only does the government have economic development officer positions, communities have economic development positions. So whenever we can, we bring everybody together, even though they are not all government economic development officer positions. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Premier McLeod. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Minister for that answer. It is good to hear that we are working together. I think that is very beneficial. I do have one other question. How many positions are out there for the communities? Do you know that or is that something that the corporation works on? Thank you, Mr. Chair

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Premier McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We actually have 13 positions that make up the $1.5 million. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Minister for that answer. Is it allocated across the regions, or is it more heavily utilized in some of the different regions with the five different regions? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Premier McLeod.

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. Sorry, I misspoke a little. It's actually 12 'cause one of them dropped off. I'll just read you the list. So we have Akaitcho Business Development Corporation, City of Yellowknife, Community of Fort Good Hope, Deh Cho Business Development Centre, Deninu K'ue Frist Nation, Deline First Nation, Tuktoyaktuk, Tulita, Ulukhaktok, Tsiigehtchic, Sahtu Business Development Corp, and Tlicho. So I guess there's quite a mix there.

Thank you, Premier McLeod. Mr. Thompson.

No, I'm good. Thank you. I thank the Minister for the answer. It gives me a clear understanding of what it is. Thanks, Mr. Chair.