Thank you, Ms. Kelly. Ms. Green.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Could I learn who the partners are, please? Thank you.
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Dr. Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Those discussions are ongoing but right now they include some NGOs, some potential funders, and we're working to develop a process for Aboriginal governments and communities to be involved. This is all at the beginning stages. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So could I please just have in a simple form what the purpose of the country food strategy is? Thank you.
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Kelly
The purpose is to promote the harvesting and use and consumption of country foods in the NWT. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witness for her answer. Can we get a ballpark idea of when the country food strategy might be complete? Thank you.
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Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are working on a plan right now for developing that so I don't have a concrete answer right now. As we develop the plan, we would be happy to provide that information. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you, Ms. Kelly. Nothing further. Any other comments or questions on page 88. Mr. O'Reilly.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I am not sure where to ask this but it is presumably somewhere under corporate management. I guess I see a policy in strategic planning function for this part of ENR. I am just wondering if someone from the department can tell us a little bit about what sort of legislative proposals they have in the hopper and when we might get to see some of those. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Campbell
Thank you, Mr. Chair. At this point, we have five legislative proposals that we are developing at this time. Those are the Waters Act, the Forest Management Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Environmental Rights Act, and an act that we are going to develop for the management of the conservation and protected areas that we hope to establish over the next while. In some ways there would be some mirroring of the Territorial Parks Act. However, at the end of the day, we will have two pieces of legislation there. The Territorial Parks Act will govern recreational wayside parks. Other types of parks or conservation areas will be governed by this new act that we will develop for conservation areas. I think I have captured all five, Mr. Chair. Thank you.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I was keeping my own checklist. I have four out of five right, so I appreciate the response from the deputy minister. Any idea when we might start to see some of these move forward? The reason why I am asking this is particularly for Thaidene Nene National Park we need to have that legislation in place for that proposal to move forward. While we heard some discussion in the House earlier today about morel harvesting and so on. I think there is some pressure building to get some of these pieces of legislation moving forward. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Campbell
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Our plan would be to introduce all five of the legislative proposals. We certainly recognize the legislation that is going to be required for Thaidene Nene. There are a couple of other candidate areas in the Northwest Territories that are not too far behind Thaidene Nene as well. Once the piece of legislation is put forward and we work in collaboration with our partners to develop it, the legislation for areas like Thaidene Nene will most likely advance a little quicker than some of the others. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Might we see a conservation areas act, or whatever it gets called, move forward before the end of this financial year, and the Forestry Act as well? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Campbell
Thank you, Mr. Chair. For lack of a better term, the conservation act, certainly, once we have it in the mix, we plan on using the collaborative approach, we plan on working with other departments to finalize that one. Our plan is to have that one done this fiscal year. The others, again, will probably take a bit longer. Again, still planning to have them done in the life of this Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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