Thank you, Madam Chair. I am just looking at this page. We have Arctic Energy Alliance has its own line item. As well, then, they are funded under some other pots of funding, including the year contributions are made to them, including under the community government retrofits and the community renewable energy program. Can the Minister or the department speak to the capacity or ability for Arctic Energy Alliance to carry out all of their work? How is the department working with them to ensure the staffing is adequate and that we're not putting all this money into an organization that, perhaps, maybe can't carry out everything that needs to be done? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Arctic Energy Alliance, as the Member is aware, is a non-for-profit society, to be able to reduce costs of environmental impacts, energy, and utility services. Right now, the Arctic Energy Alliance annual funding is both $2.74 million. We work closely on partnering with the alliance to be able to help us, to enhance some of our energy efficient programs that provide us with, to meet some of our goals. They are non-for-profit. We work in partnership with them. I'm going to get Assistant Deputy Minister Jenkins to just speak a little bit more in detail on how we're accomplishing that. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Assistant Deputy Minister Jenkins.

Thank you. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair, for the two definitions of what Arctic Energy Alliance is. Perhaps, next time, we could just keep the answer a little bit shorter because I only get so much time. The reason I was asking the question is I do want to know if the Minister has explored looking at a training program through Arctic Energy Alliance to help increase the capacity of the non-governmental organizations in order to be able to expand or continue to implement their programming better. I know that they have quite a good group of technical experts at the alliance. However, it seems that they at times do have a lot of work on their plates. We have a lot of money invested in them, and this seems like a great way where we could be training Indigenous-community workers to do audits, to take up some of the technical aspect of the work and create employment that way. The reason I was asking about that is that I just want to know if the department is helping the alliance to basically disseminate their information and use them almost as a training program for local and Indigenous employment. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I think that is a great idea. However, because they are at arm's length from the department, we would have to go back and have that discussion with them because I think that is a great idea. Some of the work that they are doing here in the territories to be able to reduce reliance on services is excellent, so it is something I can go back to the department and work with. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am glad to hear that the Minister is interested in that, and I would be happy to discuss it with her further at a break at some point. My next question has to do with: there are three items that are lapsing or there is not funding for the upcoming or the last year, that are in the 2019-2020 actuals. This would be the Tulita Solar Project, the Arctic Research Foundation money, and the Northern Transportation Adaptation Initiative. It is my understanding that these all would be federal funding pots that we no longer have access to -- I know I am speaking fast; sorry, interpreters -- yet, they are all great projects, and so I am just curious to know if the Minister can speak to: can we expect to be getting more funding like these in the future? Then I have a specific question about the adaptation initiative. Thank you.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The Tulita Solar Project was again a one-time contribution agreement. It was for design, engineering, purchasing, and also installing some solar systems in the community. I believe that project is done, and therefore, it is no longer on our books. I think what the Member is really asking is: are there opportunities to not only just do this in one community but perhaps expand out to some of the other communities and look at projects? I want to say that there are some exciting projects that, without the government's help, we have Indigenous groups, we have non-profit societies really looking at going over and above and doing some of this work themselves, so we commend them. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just quickly to go back to the Arctic Energy Alliance information that was provided by the ADM, if we could perhaps get some of that in writing? It was really quite quick, so I would like to hear sort of the number of audits they have done, that kind of thing. I perhaps, probably, have that information somewhere and not just at my hand, so thank you for that. My specific question is around the Northern Transportation Adaptation Initiative, which had to do with work at the ITH, Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway. It was a study that was a contribution to the University of Manitoba to look at the stability of the highway embankments. I am just wondering: what came out of that study? Was there anything identified as being very critical from an infrastructure or rehabilitation perspective that we need to be addressing. Is there any way to go after funding tied to this study, so basically taking this study to the federal government and saying, "This is what the university has found. Can we get money to address these issues?" if there are issues. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It's the Northern Transportation Adaptation Initiative, and the Member is speaking specifically about a project that happened along the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway. I do not believe we have received a report on that yet, but do any of the ADMs? ADM Brennan, thank you.

Thank you, Minister. ADM Brennan.

Thank you, Mr. Brennan. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes. I actually had a lot of opportunity to see some of the work of the universities and such, and there is quite a bit of research work being done along the ITH, so I just want to continue to encourage the Minister to use that work to leverage funding, as well, from the federal government because it does not always necessarily, maybe we can get our road repaired if we train a bunch of students to do it, right, and they come up with some innovative way of fixing it. I urge the Minister to be creative when she looks at that type of work.

My last question is just going to be around the Arctic Research Foundation, which is the money that was given to do the bathymetric conditions on Great Slave Lake with the boat. I am not going to get the boat's name right, but I have mentioned this before, the Nahidik boat. I got a chance to tour it at MTS, and it's pretty fantastic. Again, to me, this seems to be the way forward ahead of our polytechnic university. I think this is an area where we can start our knowledge economy if we continue to fund this more, so maybe the Minister can speak to: while there is no budget in this for this particular line item, is there any area in which she is looking to move funding to perhaps utilize the boat, get more students out there, and do some sort of educational piece with her department? Thank you.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. As the Member spoke about the Nahidik and the opportunity I had to be able to go onboard with some of the youth who spent some time out on the Great Slave Lake and have a look at the some of the options for the Taltson hydro. It is a great opportunity, and the youth were very excited about that. I think what the Member is asking is if there is opportunity, then, perhaps going forward to be able to look at some of the opportunities. We are working with ENR to be able to discuss possibility for collaboration, so there is still a lot of work to do in terms of ensuring that the lines are lined up properly and done in a safe manner. We are still looking at options for the Taltson. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Kam Lake.