Thank you, Mr. Chair. That was the last payment in a series of payments for a ten-year partnership with Wilfrid Laurier. We no longer need to make those payments because we are paid up. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Debates of June 9th, 2016
This is page numbers 493-524 of the Hansard for the 18th Assembly, 2nd Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was work.
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Kelly
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. Will we continue to work with Wilfrid Laurier in any way, given that this was a ten-year partnership with them? Thanks Mr. Chair.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, there is ongoing work that is being undertaken. There are many partnerships that we are working on with Wilfrid Laurier University. They have research at several research stations around the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks Mr. Chair. The Water Strategy Action Plan, there is a reduction there of -- I am not going to try to do the math in my head. $116,000 my colleague tells me. What is the reason for that reduction? Thanks Mr. Chair.
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Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is related to the negotiations and implementation of Transboundary Water Management Agreements. There is less consultation than there was before and more implementation. Therefore, funds have been transferred to O and M. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Cory Vanthuyne Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I want to commend the department for the efforts they have put in previously in negotiating transboundary agreements with other jurisdictions. I just wonder if this is the right area, I believe it is, to ask the department what the current status of negotiations are with other jurisdictions, in particular Yukon, Nunavut, and Saskatchewan? What resources will the Government be putting towards that? Thank you.
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Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are in ongoing discussions with Saskatchewan, the Yukon, and Nunavut. We are just at the very beginning of preliminary discussions with Nunavut. We have an existing agreement with the Yukon from 2002 that we are looking to update to be more similar to the agreements we have signed with Alberta and British Columbia. We are hoping we have a draft agreement that we are reviewing with Saskatchewan at this point. With respect to funding, as directed, we will be going forward with the forced gross submission on this go-around. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair Frederick Blake Jr.
Thank you, Ms. Kelly. Any further questions on page 100? Are we agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Frederick Blake Jr.
Thank you. Next, we are on water resources, active positions, information item. Any questions on page 101? Committee, are we agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Frederick Blake Jr.
Thank you. Now we turn back to page 99. Environment and Natural Resources, water resources, operation expenditure summary, activity total, $11,475,000. Are we agreed? Mr. O'Reilly.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I did have a question on the page. I just couldn't see where it could get raised anywhere else. Water regulatory line, under program detail, there is fairly significant reduction there of $200,000. I think that is money for the department to get engaged or involved in water licensing. I note that the Jade Project is likely to enter into water licensing during this financial year, so I just want to make sure that we actually have the capacity and the capability to continue to engage in that and a number of other water licensing proceedings. Can the team explain the reduction of $200,000? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Craig
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Within the water resources division, we moved a position from the community stewardship advisor, we decentralized that into the Fort Smith region as -- we relocated it to Fort Smith. So there was a reduction of funding in water resources. It was increased elsewhere in the department. In water research and study, which I believe the Member was asking about that budget as well, that we had an increase there for the expansion of the hydrometric network. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
I am glad that the witness mentioned the hydrometric network. I know that there is quite a bit of discussion behind the scenes to help improve the network. I am just wondering if the Minister would be able to speak to the ability of the department to continue to expand that network over the next couple of years. Thanks, Mr. Chair.