Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Okay. Can someone tell me: is the result of this going to be a legally binding land use plan? If so, under what legislation will that authorization lay? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Hagen.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Okay. I am going to leave that one alone for now. I remain concerned that we are spending money on this without the federal government being at the table. I want to move forward on a couple of other areas in here. Can someone explain to me why there has been no progress on developing policy legislation to help prevent more public liabilities? There is a unit, I think, located in here, securities and project assessment. It was announced with great fanfare by the previous Minister, and nothing seems to have happened. I am not aware of any policy on mine site reclamation that replaces the federal one that we have somehow endorsed. We are not going to see a new Waters Act. Maybe there might be something in the Public Lands Act. Where is there any policy or legislation that is going to improve and prevent more public liabilities from happening? That is a mandate commitment. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is a complex and involved area that has been alluded to by the Member. On the issue of securities, if I might address that, we believe that we have addressed most of the issues identified in the 2012 Auditor General's report on federal mining securities management and programs that transferred to the GNWT with devolution. We are currently completing work on the report's priority recommendation, a securities tracking system to support regular reviews of securities amounts and closure plans for major projects. I see that we are currently holding $644.8 million of land and water securities in cash and non-cash forms. We do realize that this is an important area. The department has updated the securities provisions in our land management legislation. This will be included in the bill that we have introduced during this sitting. We do recognize also that securities management is a shared responsibility among the GNWT department, the federal government, Indigenous landowners, and so on. We are doing work in this area. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Any closing comments on that, Mr. O'Reilly?

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I might have to get put back on.

If you want to get put back on the list, I will give you a second round. Your time has expired for this round, so we will put you back and start the clock fresh. Mr. O'Reilly.

Mr. Thompson?

Okay. I guess Mr. Thompson also wants to be put on the list, so we will get to him first, and then Mr. O'Reilly, unless someone else needs to get on there as well. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will try to be brief on this one here. In regard to the cabin leases, I know that we have reached out to the Indigenous groups to get them to work with the department. Can the Minister advise us how the work is going in that area? Thank you, Mr. Chair. I hope that is in this area.

Thank you. You've got a one-in-three shot. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am not sure if I clearly heard the question. Maybe I could ask the questioner: are we talking about addressing unauthorized and potential rights-based occupancy? Very well. Obviously, we don't condone the unlawful use of public lands, and we continue to take action regarding unauthorized occupants. We do recognize, however, that we must, of course, respect Aboriginal and treaty rights. We have reached out to Indigenous organizations to begin work to find effective ways to identify potential rights-based cabins. This work is in the early stages and will help the department take action regarding unauthorized occupancy. We need to know what is out there, if I can put it that way. That is why we reached out to Indigenous governments, to work on ways to determine which cabins are potentially rights-based cabins. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am fully aware of that. I am just trying to find out what the uptake has been from the Indigenous groups. I have been aware that we have reached out to them. There have been letters. There have been presentations to the Indigenous groups. What has been the uptake with them to help us identify traditional cabins versus unauthorized occupancy on the land? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Hagen.

Thank you. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you. If I understand Mr. Hagen correctly, then, the Indigenous groups, land claim groups, or the First Nations groups, the regional councils, they have agreed to work with us and are moving forward, even though it may be slow, but they have agreed to work with us on this? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Hagen.