Thanks, Mr. Chair. I don’t think this is going to take 10 minutes, but I just want to have one more kick at the Economic Advisory Committee. I’m looking at the -- it’s called the iCareNWT.ca website. This is through the Environment of Natural Resources. The Waste Reduction and Recovery Advisory Committee provides advice and assistance to ENR to ensure improved reduction and recovery of waste in the NWT. Members of the committee are appointed by the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, and reflect the following sectors and organizations:

● Retailers;

● Distributors/manufacturers;

● Environmental organizations;

● Community governments;

● Public at large; and

● ENR.

Here we have a committee that is established in legislation and is representative. It is inclusive and it does manage or provides advice on the environmental fund, which is about $6 to $7 million a year. I just contrast that with this Economic Advisory Committee, which is set up through a terms of reference signed off by the Deputy Minister. It is not inclusive. It is not representative. I would be advising on a larger pot of money. I just don’t understand how the Minister can rationalize this that on one case with this government, we’ve got a representative and inclusive community that’s establishing legislation and then on the other hand, we’ve got this one that’s going to be providing advice on a larger pot of money that the Minister refuses to make representative of in any way.

It could be done under the Public Airports Act. In fact, the standing committee recommended that it be established under the Public Airports Act, the same one clause that’s in the Waste Reduction and Recovery Act could be added to the Public Airports Act and establish this with legislation. The Minister could have authority over all of this, appoint the people, and so on, but does not seem to want to do it.

I’m just wondering if the Minister wants to respond in any way to these comments. For me, this is a deal breaker. I’ve heard from people. They want to have some meaningful say in what happens at the airport. These terms of reference just don’t do it. I’ll give the Minister one further opportunity to reply, if I could. Thank you, Mr. Chair.