Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Nakimayak.
Debates of March 6th, 2019
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Herbert Nakimayak Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Things like this, a few little dollars, can actually go a long way and save a lot in prevention. Other than that, I am looking at these other ones. You know what? I am not going to ask any more questions on this one, since I know that some of my colleagues have already asked and for the sake of time. I appreciate the response. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair. In the budget, we talked about a feasibility study for northern sustainability and community resilience, $150,000 under it as an initiative. In the business plan, on page 60, it says that it has been fulfilled. Can the Minister explain how this happened, or if this has been fulfilled or not? It is $150,000 in the budget.
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Dr. Dragon
Thank you, Mr. Chair. One of the commitments that we had was in terms of researching the feasibility of creating a Northern Centre of Excellence, and I believe that that is what the Member is speaking to, the $150,000. We have been researching. The opportunity that we have been doing is talking to academics and talking to various institutions that have similar types of centres of excellence, but we also thought, given that this has such an alignment with Aurora College and the Aurora Research Institute that is up in Inuvik, that we have to make sure that we are aligned.
What we decided to do was, in terms of holding off for the decision process on this, we wanted to see what was going to be going on with ECE and the polytechnic. Based on that, and now having a leader of that, we will now engage further in those conversations. We are looking at having an RFP that would go out and actually do the work that it is meant to do, based on the initial research that we have already completed of doing a made-in-the-North approach versus a southern-based model. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is great information. However, in the business plan, it just says it is fulfilled. I am trying to understand how it has been fulfilled if we are still working on it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Dr. Dragon
The commitment was researching the feasibility of creating a Northern Centre of Excellence. Again, the staff time we have done interdepartmentally, as well as externally, to research councils down in Ottawa to come up with the best approach for the RFP. What was stated was researching. We have done the research; we just need to fulfill the RFP to get it going. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
The commitment was to do the research, not do the job? Is that correct? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The mandate was to do the research. The research has been done, and they will plan a path forward from there. The commitment has been fulfilled, as the research has been done. Thank you.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the Minister for that clarification. We still see $150,000 in this budget area. Is that what the cost is for the next step to this project? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the Minister and his department for clarifying that for me. Thank you.
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The Chair Daniel McNeely
Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Further questions? Seeing none, I will call this activity on page 69. Environment and Natural Resources, corporate management, operations expenditures summary, $13,986,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Daniel McNeely
We shall move on to the next activity, starting on page 73, with details on 74 and 75. Questions? Mr. O'Reilly.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. Can someone tell me what the status is of the contaminated sites manual? I have been asking about this document for three years now, and it's shown in the business plan as something, I think, that was supposed to be delivered in the last quarter of 2018. If someone could tell me where this work is at, I would appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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