Thank you. Minister.
Debates of March 7th, 2019
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Louis Sebert Thebacha
Thank you for the comments. This position is very specific to Lands, and we needed this person so that they could be easily accessible, if I could put it that way. I do understand the Member's concern about the overall direction of the centralization, but this is a position that we felt we very specifically needed for our own needs. I don't think I want to comment about the overall structure and the creation of the ISS department, or whatever it's called. Thank you.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, I don't have anything further, but I think the Minister has made my case for me, so I appreciate his efforts. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Daniel McNeely Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just ask the question if there are any internal assessments or reviews done to bring in OROGO to this department? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Louis Sebert Thebacha
I know that this question has come up before. It was thought appropriate a few years ago, I forget the exact date, maybe 2016, somewhere around there, that OROGO should be parked in justice. I don't think we have re-evaluated that placement, and I don't think we are intending to do that in the near future. Thank you.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair. On page 314, we see an increase of five positions. Could the Minister explain what the increase of those five positions is? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Louis Sebert Thebacha
Yes, Mr. Chair, if I could just go through them, there is a geomatics analyst, land administration; geotechnical advisor, land administration; land administrator of land administration; land specialist, land administration; land specialist, regional land administration; and the resource management officer II in resource management. Thank you.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I counted seven, but maybe I didn't calculate that correctly. I just saw it from there, on page 314, it just showed five increases, so are those the equity leases positions? Are those positions dealing with the equity leases? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Hilderman
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have two additional positions for the equity lease initiative. They were approved in the supplemental, so then they appear in the first mains after the supplemental in 2018-2019. We have the new geomatics analyst position and the new geotechnical advisor, and then, in support of the initiative to address unauthorized occupancy and potential rights-based occupancy, we have one new resource management officer II, so a net increase of five. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you. Seeing nothing further, I will call this activity. Lands, operations, operations expenditure summary, $11,654,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you, committee. Moving on to the final activity, planning and coordination, beginning on page 315. Mr. O'Reilly.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I would like to start with questions about the allocation in here for land use planning in the Wekweeti management area. There is $647,000 in the Department of Lands and another $79,000 in Department of Infrastructure. Can the Minister tell us what this money is actually for? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Hagen
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The monies are primarily to set up the foundation for a land use plan in the public land areas of the Wekweeti region, and there is a land use plan there that the Tlicho government have done under private lands, which is different from the other regions that have a land use plan. They did a land use plan for the whole region. The responsibility for paying for the plan is the federal government's, as the legislation comes out of the MVRMA, which is federal legislation. This money we have is to set up an office in Behchoko and have an executive director in Yellowknife. We are setting the stage, working with a partner, with the Tlicho government, and in anticipation of the federal government funding the land use plan, which they have done in every single region that has a plan, including the Deh Cho, who have been at it for about 15 years, and the feds have funded that, primarily. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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