Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is about this new provision within the act whereby the Minister is going to require notice of intended work so that there is some understanding of what mining companies get up to when they are out there on the land. I think that this is a good thing, and I am pleased to see that, in the spirit of reconciliation, this notice of intended work is going to be provided to Indigenous governments. I support that. The purpose of this amendment, though, is to include municipal governments in that provision for notice so that we can avoid land use conflicts, but they can understand what is going on within their boundaries.
Some of those municipal governments are actually First Nation governments, as I have said before in this House: Lutselk'e, Wrigley, Sambaa K'e, Tsiigehtchic. This is about ensuring that even those Indigenous governments know what is going on within their boundaries. Of course, they are going to get this notice here, but I think that we should be treating all of our municipal governments with the same kind of process so that they can know what is going on in their backyards.
I look forward to Cabinet supporting this motion so that we support our community governments in understanding what is going on within their boundaries. I would say that we actually did incorporate this kind of notice provision in the Public Land Act that we dealt with the other day where now municipal governments will receive notice of land dispositions within their boundaries on the surface.
Let's do it for the subsurface. That's what this is about here. Cabinet has already agreed to do it on the surface lands in the Public Land Act. The Minister of Lands agreed to incorporate it into the bill. It passed in this House. Let's do it now for subsurface dispositions, make sure that we work with our community governments, adopt a consistent approach, and provide them with the kind of information that they need to manage the lands and carry out their duties.
For consistency's sake in supporting our communities, I really am going to appreciate the support from my Cabinet colleagues on this motion. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I request a recorded vote.