Thank you, Minister Schumann. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We do have our territorial nominee program. Is there any overlap with the territorial nominee program administered through Education, Culture and Employment that we can use to expedite this process? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Deputy Minister Jensen.

Thank you, Deputy Minister Jensen. Mr. Testart.

Thank you for that clarification from the witness. Since the Minister announced the Almod deal, has there been any actual work at these facilities? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister Schumann.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. No. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister Schumann. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Northwest Territories geological survey has a significant decrease in its budget. Can the Minister speak to what that represents? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister Schumann.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is primarily due to a sunset from the federal government for a cost-shared agreement for the Slave Geological Physical Surficial Materials Permafrost Study. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister Schumann. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe those are my only questions for this activity. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Next, we have Mr. McNeely.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mine is more of a comment to identify and compliment the department's maintaining of some additional resources for petroleum resources. Although the commodity prices are way down and the market demand is way down, the resource is still here. I think it is comforting to know that the department is still maintaining some allowance for presence.

If we were to view a couple of the advocating trips that I made in promoting our Northern resources by assisting in support of the application for the repair program of the pipeline repair in Fort Simpson, which has a budget of $53 million, now, given the fact that it is looking like it is going to be approved and everything looks fine with the permitting regulatory process, then you come back and say, "Okay, well, look at the numbers on the program detail." You have allowed quite consistently, based on the mains of 2017-2018 and 2018-2019, of 1.4. I would say that is a pretty good return to promote your northern resources, given the fact that some presence from the Inuvik Petroleum Office was there in Fort Simpson doing the same thing.

I would just point that out to say that I think we should maintain some sort of petroleum allowance, whether it is having staff here in the North and whether it is going to the petroleum show in Calgary. As long as we are maintaining a presence, I think it will show industry that we are in support. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McNeely. Minister Schumann.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Member for his comments. We have seven positions right now in that division, and I do not anticipate us cutting any of them. We have a number of things moving forward wherein we have to have people in these positions. We are going to be coming out with our strategy here very shortly on the Petroleum Resource Act. We have the Oil and Gas Operations Act that has to be maintained, as well, as the Member has said, with line 21 possibly coming on. I think, with this shutdown, it has made us kind of open our eyes and ears on the reclamation side of things, and we have got to start thinking about that stuff going forward as well. The department has a number of things that we have to continue to work on, and we will keep the staff accordingly, as we have in place right now, going forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister Schumann. Mr. McNeely. No further questions? Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I was just wondering if the Minister could tell us whether he has got a cheque from Mactung yet. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Minister Schumann.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. No, I don't. No.

Thank you, Minister Schumann. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Well, that's an honest answer. What is happening with the property? Are we actually trying to market this property yet, or what has happened? We have had it now for probably, what, two years, so what is happening? Thanks, Mr. Chair.