Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my understanding is that this is just a holding number for the purposes of the budget. There are some years, say 2014-2015, bad fire seasons we had, for example. It is my understanding that there were a few hundred thousand dollars that were paid out, and that came forward in the form of a supplementary appropriation at that time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Testart.

Okay, so, if the money is not spent, this is returned to general revenues, or is this diverted internally to other activities in the department? How is the lapsed funding typically used by the department? Is it just lapsed funding that goes away, or is it spent on other activities? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the money stays within the department, actually within that division, and is used for other purposes. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Testart.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the clarification on that. The next question is about forestry resources, so just a general question: have we completed forestry inventories for all of our available forestry product stock in the Northwest Territories for the purposes of industrial and economic harvesting? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, yes, we have completed our forest inventory. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Do we evaluate our inventories based on their -- I am not sure the technical language, but as carbon sinks? Have we recognized the benefits of reducing carbon admissions that our forestry assets represent, and do we take that into consideration when we are managing our inventories? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Testart.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. In the forestry management agreements that we currently have in place for industrial purposes, is there a climate change or environmental lens applied to those agreements before they are signed or as they are signed, as they are developed? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister McLeod.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. We appreciate the suggestion from the Member. I am not quite sure if the agreements we have in place actually have those, but, I mean, I think it is a good suggestion. We will go back, have a look at those agreements and see if they have those, and if they do not, then we will look at maybe as we go forward trying to incorporate them into any further agreements, or see if there is opportunity to incorporate them into the existing agreements. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I apologize; I know the Member for Mackenzie Delta asked some questions about the wildfire risk management plans, but I will ask a similar question as I did about the fire damage compensation. Is this money, the $75,000 that has been allocated, does this get out the door every year? Or is this, again, a holding pattern type of thing? Well, let's clarify. So in the 2017-2018 fiscal year, how much of the $75,000 was utilized by communities for the developmental of wildfire risk management plans? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister McLeod.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. My understanding is all of this money gets out the door, and when we do this year's actuals, then we will be able to give you an accurate figure; but my understanding is all this money is allocated. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The money made available, is it oversubscribed? Are more communities asking for assistance in their wildfire risk plans than the funding currently provides? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister McLeod.