Thanks, Madam Chair. That's one of the best words I've heard here today. I want to move on to diamond resource management. That's on page 305. We actually had a high of $643,000 back in 2018-2019, and now, this year, it's proposed for $596,000. I think that this is the, basically, staffing of, I may not get the titles right, but lands inspectors to go up and inspect the diamond mines. These are huge operations; I've been there myself to all of them, except for Gahcho Kue. They're very complex areas, and I am sure the ADM has been up there himself and seen these areas, some of them are starting to close. Parts of them are starting to close. There are closure plans that are being changed, I know, for Ekati Mine. Snap Lake is in closure. We don't want to inherit any liability associated with these. We have seen that during the life of this government with Cameron Hills. What kind of assurance can I get from the Minister and his department that we actually have the right level of resources here to make sure that these properties are closed properly and we don't inherit liability? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member for Frame Lake. Minister of Lands.

Thank you. I understand. Cameron Hills, we look at that. We are learning from that. Right now, we have securities in place. Our inspectors are identified strictly for those mines. We are doing a really good job of addressing it. We are working with the diamond mine, making sure we don't have this situation as Cameron Hills. Cameron Hills was something that we inherited previously. We are working on these mines with our regulatory process. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yes. We inherited management of the diamond mines, as well. The Minister knows that. I am not making any comparison between what the diamond mines do, because they are large corporate entities that have lots of resources still attached to them. I know how hard our inspectors work. This has nothing to do with the inspectors. They do a fantastic job. I just want to make sure that we have the right level of resources to get the job done. How do we determine what our needs are? Is there any kind of needs assessment, any examination of this gap? I know you folks have some kind of a risk management matrix or framework that was floated around in the last Assembly. I guess I just want to have a little bit more assurance that there is some systematic review of what the resource needs are to make sure that we are doing the best possible job to protect the taxpayers and the environment. What kind of rational process does the department go through to look at how they calculate what the $596,000 is based on? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member for Frame Lake. Minister of Lands.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to ask the assistant deputy minister to convince Mr. O'Reilly that we are doing the best we can to address this challenge. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Baetz.

Thank you, Mr. Baetz. Are there any further questions for this section? Seeing no further questions, please turn to page 305. Lands, operations, operation expenditure summary, 2020-2021 Main Estimates, $12,113,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you. Moving on to planning and coordination, beginning on page 307 with information items on 310 to 312. Questions. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Completion of land-use plans in collaboration with all Aboriginal governments was a mandate of the last Assembly, which, once again, was not fulfilled by this department. What level of confidence does the Minister have that we will have complete land-use plans in the life of this Assembly?

Thank you, Member for Yellowknife North. Minister of Lands.

Thank you, Madam Chair. First of all, can I get Acting Assistant Deputy Minister Terry Hall to come sit at the table and switch with Assistant Mr. Baetz?

Sergeant-at-Arms, would you escort the witness out and Mr. Hall in. Minister of Lands.

Thank you. I am going to give it a short answer, then I am going to turn it to Mr. Hall. It is a very complicated process. Again, there are a lot of moving parts. We would like to have these plans done by this Assembly. However, as moving parts come, we may not get it completed and our workload right now. At this point in time, I would ask Mr. Hall to further provide more information.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Hall.

Thank you Mr. Hall. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I recognize the Department of Lands has a lot of work to do and there is a lot of complication in land administration. My question is: I would really like to see a land-use plans for all Indigenous governments during the life of this Assembly. Does the department have the sufficient resources to do that right now?

Thank you, Member for Yellowknife North. Minister of Lands.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We agree with the Member. We want it done in this Assembly. Right now, our funds allow us the ability to get as much work done as we can. Dealing with this, if everything lines up, yes, we do have enough funds right now to address the workload that we have presently. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Yellowknife North.