Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have $1.4 million that we are going to be putting toward the Great Slave Lake Commercial Fishery Revitalization initiative. Can the Minister maybe elaborate a little bit about what the obligation of this funding is toward? I understand that there is a federal component to this, so some clarification or elaboration on that would be appreciated. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. The Minister is directing the question to Mr. Stewart. Mr. Stewart.
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Stewart
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The funding is for part of the overall strategy for revitalizing the Great Slave Lake commercial fishery. There is a variety of aspects to that, including looking at production and processing, and then accessing markets and those sorts of things. It is a project that is expected to have funding partners from both the fishers themselves, as well as the federal government. There was an application made to, I believe, CanNor, and I think that application is still in the process of being processed and finalized, but I think there is a positive indication that that funding will, in fact, eventually be received. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you, Mr. Stewart. Mr. Vanthuyne. Nothing further from Mr. Vanthuyne. Mr. O'Reilly.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. $672,000 for a new Mineral Resources Act sounds like a lot of money. Can the Minister or his staff explain what that is really for? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, of the $672,000, $391,000 will be used for export outside and third-party assistance; $250,000 is earmarked for community engagement and Indigenous consultation; $31,000 is earmarked for communications costs, advertising, printing, and online websites. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I am a little bit curious about this $250,000 for community engagement and Indigenous consultation. Are resources going to be provided to NGOs or communities to allow them to hire their own expertise or better engage in this process? It sounds like it is going to be a highly technical legalistic process of drafting this new legislation, so if there are any details on what that funding will actually be used for that, you know, whether the Minister has that at his fingertips or would commit to provide it soon? Either way is fine. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes
Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, part of the cause would be travel costs and that, but to answer the Member's question, that level of detail we do not have yet, but as soon as the details are ironed out, we will share those with committee. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, I would appreciate receiving that level of detail. Whether, you know, ITI has that information now or not, and I understand this is a big piece of work that our government has committed to do on the mandate. We also want to make sure that we get it right and that you know there are opportunities for everyone to participate, including NGOs. More of a comment than anything else. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. We will take that as a comment. Anything further? I see nothing further. I will call the section. Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, economic diversification and business support, not previously authorized, $1,410,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, minerals and petroleum resources, not previously authorized, $842,000. That is agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you. Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $2,252,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you. Moving on to page 7, Infrastructure. Seeing no comments, I will call this page. Infrastructure, operations expenditures, asset management, not previously authorized, $1,184,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you. Infrastructure, operations expenditures, total department, not previous authorized, $1,184,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you. Committee, do you agree that we have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 383-18(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2017-2018?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.