Mr. O'Reilly.

Yeah, thanks, Mr. Chair. Yeah, I'm anxious to hear more about when that debate/discussion is going to start because it hasn't so far, and can the Minister tell us when it's going to begin. Thanks.

Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, "discussion", I think probably better characterizes the process here. So, I mean, again, there has been work being done with the intergovernmental council and the working groups there around the development of all aspects of the Mineral Resources Act. There is an open portal right now for people to express if they have particular concerns or particular questions, and particularly if they want a more technical briefing that is certainly a route by which to request that. And as we obviously get further in on any of these various items, we'll be bringing those to the standing committees as appropriate as well. So, you know, yes, in order to ensure that there's proper fees associated -- and appropriate fees are associated, that certainly will form part of having -- of the ongoing process that we're in. But, yes, Mr. Chair, at this point I did not expect to be speaking to the mineral resource regulations development, so I don't necessarily have my -- I do have a very detailed Gantt chart. I didn't think to bring it with me, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Mahsi for that. I see no more questions from committee in this section, if we can turn -- we're on page 48, infrastructure, investments $100,000. Does committee agree.

Committee, please turn to page -- we'll just take a couple seconds here. Someone can't hear me up there.

Committee, we're back; everything's been straightened out. We're going to page 50, tourism and parks, with information item on page 51. And any questions from committee? Everyone found their pages, committee? Page 50, tourism and parks. Questions? Mr. Johnson.

I see that there's a Yellowknife River day area accessible boardwalk. Can I just get a couple more sentences about what that's about. Thank you.

Minister.

Mr. Chair, let me turn that to the deputy minister, please.

Deputy minister.

Mr. Johnson.

That's great, I'm happy to hear that, very exciting. I'll go walk the trail when it's done.

My other question is I know that I brought this up before, when you kind of reach the end of Ingraham Trail, you hit Tibbitt Lake, and then you kind of just hit an ice road, and often there has been garbage, there has been the shortage of parking. And, you know, I think a lot of tourists they go drive the Ingraham Trail because there's not a lot to do and, you know, they want to go for a drive and then you just kind of hit this area that ends in nothing. And I've had requests for some sort of garbage can. Perhaps an outhouse, perhaps a little parking area. You know, I don't know -- I don't need a full park, just a roadside pullout that makes the end of the trail a little nicer. And I know there's some signage. It's perhaps not the type of signage I envision which is, you know, something nicer acknowledging the area or something. But anyway, can we get an update on whether that is possible. Thank you.

Mahsi. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, because the Ingraham Trail itself up to and including right to the end, the area around Tibbitt Lake that the MLA is mentioning, is not a park, the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment doesn't have any sort of authority or control over that space. To the extent that there may be room for a pullout or parking or some other sort of highway or roadway facilities, that'll be a question to direct to the Department of Infrastructure. As folks may be aware here, and you'll recall the Department of Infrastructure and ITI do often work together to see that there is opportunity for facilities on roadways and highways. So I will certainly engage with my colleague in that regard. Thank you.

Mahsi. Mr. Johnson.

No, I'll raise this during Infrastructure as well. I know what happened -- well, what happened now, since we put a bunch of cabins out on Tibbitt, is that everyone parks along the side of the road and then a few years ago Infrastructure started telling people you can't park on the side of the road. So there's no parking. And this goes back to, you know, perhaps inconsistent land uses on the Ingraham Trail. But just -- anyways, I'll raise this with the Department of Infrastructure that I'm hoping we can get some sort of small area so people can park their vehicles and have a garbage can. Thank you.

I take that as a comment. Any further questions in this section? Mr. O'Reilly.

Yeah, thanks, Mr. Chair. Yeah, further to my colleague from Yellowknife North, I've spent several weekends out at a friend's cabin at Tibbitt and at the end of the road is a problem. There's no outhouse. People are doing their stuff all over the place. And the parking there, there's sort of a pseudo boat launch and garbage is accumulating. It's not very good.

You know, my colleague in the last Assembly, from Yellowknife North, got a pullout at the Big Hill Lake trailhead across from Madeline Lake. It's an excellent facility there now with a pullout for parking, and it's actually quite well used. Every time I go by, there's -- somebody has got parked in there and I call it the Cory Vanthuyne pullout. So I'm hoping that you folks can work with Infrastructure to do something similar because that's a very well used area right now and needs some work. Thanks, Mr. Chair. More of a comment.

Mahsi. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, Mr. Chair, I am also very familiar with the pullout at Big Hill Lake, and so I do know what is being, you know, referenced here. That was, as I understand, quite a safety issue. I can't speak for the Department of Infrastructure and whether or when they would decide to put a pullout elsewhere on the Ingraham Trail. I can only confirm I will take this away and discuss with colleagues -- and I'm mentioning the Department of Infrastructure but Lands also obviously is quite involved given that there may have to be a land usage and land planning issue depending on the nature of where exactly we're talking about putting something further. So as I've said, obviously my colleagues are sitting here, and we will have that conversation collectively. Thank you.

Mahsi, Minister. Mr. O'Reilly.