Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, I will provide that information to the Member. Thank you.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Any further questions under sports, recreation, and youth or any of the work performed on behalf of others? Member for Thebacha.
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Frieda Martselos Thebacha
On page 360, the grants, contradictions, and transfers, $5,200,000, how are those grants and contributions decided? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. I will have Mr. Gary Schauerte answer the question. Thank you.
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Schauerte
Thank you, Madam Chair. The applications for this funding come through our sport and recreation organizations. The primary organizations we work are Sport North, the Recreation and Parks Association, the Aboriginal Sports Circle of the Northwest Territories. Within that, we also have 29 territorial sport organizations, and we also have regional recreation associations, as well.
Through the planning process, the sport, physical activity, and recreation framework, which has been a matter of discussion in this House and with our department, that framework document is intended to guide the investment of our government in this fund. That framework lays out the key areas where we want to invest as a government in terms of this sector. It also underlines some of our primary policy initiatives, one of which I would highlight is the Safe Sport initiative that comes out of the Red Deer conference where all Ministers made a declaration that sports should be harassment-free. It's initiatives like that that we build into the sport and recreation framework. That's how we use that framework to guide the investment of these funds. Organizations make applications. We review those applications against the framework. The Minister has the final say on who gets the funding. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Frieda Martselos Thebacha
Just further to that, there is not a neutral board or a group? It's the five sports organizations that decide how the $5,200,000 is going to be distributed across the territory? Those five sporting groups are all stationed in the capital. There is so much disparity with regional centres and small communities. It just doesn't make sense how things are done. I don't hear much common sense here. As a government, if we don't start doing things and being accountable and transparent in what we do and how we distribute public funds, it's disturbing to me that this is the way we operate. If you're a good guy, you'll get this. If you're a good girl, you'll get that in that community. It's very disturbing. Thank you, Madam Chair. I am going to go on to my other question. That was a comment. On page 362, clean water and wastewater funds, $5,171,000. It's our part of whatever we put in. I want to know the terms of reference for this fund. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. This is a federal agreement that is received. I will have Ms. Eleanor Young respond to the Member. Thank you.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. As the Minister mentioned, this was a bilateral agreement with Canada where we received $52 million to fund water and wastewater projects. There was an application process, an RFP process, with the ranking criteria to evaluate applications, and then, once the applications were reviewed, they were sent back to Canada for final approval. Canada had the final approval on all projects that were funded. In total, 29 community projects were funded through this $52 million of federal funding. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Frieda Martselos Thebacha
The emergency management development fund for $81,000, that's the only thing I see in this whole thing for development on reserves. I would like to ask the question: we have two reserves in the Northwest Territories, one near Hay River and one in Fort Smith. Are we part of the Northwest Territories? I just want to know that. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, the two reserves are a part of the Northwest Territories. Thank you.
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Frieda Martselos Thebacha
We talk about disparities in First Nations. We have two reserves, and throughout the document that we have gone through so far, this is the first time I have every seen anything allocated to a reserve, $81,000. How far is $81,000 going to go with funding to two reserves? Most of the time, they don't even recognize Salt River First Nation, because there is some discrepancy that happened because the Hay River reserve was part of the whole territorial thing going back in other Assemblies. I'm just wondering about this fund, how it's allocated, the terms of reference, and who it is allocated to. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. This is a funding agreement with Canada to try to support the GNWT to support emergency planning for the two reserves. It is funding allocated currently to the GNWT to support the planning exercise for the two reserves. I think it's a two-year agreement, and there is intention to have some broader conversations about emergency management for First Nations beyond this. Public Safety Canada has not given us clarity on how that project is going to move forward. It is a conversation that they have indicated that they want to start to have, and this funding was the first piece of that. Thank you, Madam Chair.