Thank you, Madam Chair. Let me again just turn to -- $21.4 million, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Sorry, I guess I'm getting lost. Thanks, Madam Chair. I'm getting lost in the numbers. So I didn't quite catch the number, and if the Minister could also indicate what it's being spent on. Thanks.

Thank you, Member. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the -- I have the background here. Let me turn this to Mr. Courtoreille. He may have the most recent detail on what -- what's done other the current year, or in the last construction season. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I was hoping I could just get a little bit more detail on the money being spent on the Slave Geological Province Corridor. I understand we spent $2.8 million this year, and we're moving $6.5 million forward. I get this is -- do we have an estimate of the total cost to get this planning work done? And I believe some of this is also for the potential environmental review. Can I just get a little bit more detail on what we expect the planning and environmental costs to be. Thank you.

Thank you, Member. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, at this point the studies -- there are studies that are being done, geotechnical, the traditional knowledge studies, there's rooting studies. There's certainly also a fairly significant amount of outreach that needs to occur with Indigenous governments and certainly some visioning in terms of how we'll be structuring relationships going forward on the project. So all of that work is underway. It's just that not all necessarily happening within the current fiscal year and so that's where some of the money that's being allocated is being moved into coming years.

The infrastructure acquisition plan that we've just been reviewing would have also included the Slave Geologic project and would have included the chart showing the upcoming year. So I can pull that out, or I can certainly commit to just pointing out where in that document those details are. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Yellowknife North.

Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. I understand we got about $40 to spend on this perhaps from the federal government. I can't remember the portion of that money that was ours. I guess I -- I'm still slightly confused as to the timing of all this and the steps and, you know, I note it's quite easy to just spend a few million dollars on geotechnical for a road that, you know, we need another $750 million to eventually build, at least. And I know we have some lessons to learn from the Mackenzie Valley Highway of being in environmental assessment for a decade or so.

I'm just hoping the Minister could speak to a little when we would expect to actually be putting in permits and I'll start with that. Thank you.

Thank you, Member. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Department of Infrastructure is lead on this. So for that level of detail, I'll turn it over to Minister Archie, please.

Thank you. Minister Archie.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, we are looking at some wildlife studies, engagement planning. In our next capital, we are asking $18.8 million and that's for fiscal year 2022-2023, and this is partially federal funding, 75-cent dollars. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess I'll just ask one more question. Is all this work being done, is it just for phase 1 of the road, is it just the Lockhart Lake, or are we doing environmental assessment and wildlife studies for the potential of the whole project? I'm just trying to get a little more information on how we're approaching the permitting. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of Finance.

Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. right now the project is as far as Lockhart Lake. Again, I was about to start getting my binder out from the capital estimates. I didn't, I probably should have, but I'll just see if Minister Archie could confirm if my recollection is correct on that, please.

Thank you. Minister of Infrastructure.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the focus is on phase 1; however, we are collecting information broader where possible. Like, wildlife, I mean, there's a lot of work that needs to come into a major project such as this. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Yellowknife North.