Yes, we'll make a commitment to get the report to committee. And as for progress, we will have to discuss with committee what he means by "progress" and what timelines that the committee's looking for. Is it monthly? Is it quarterly? Is it annually? As we move forward. So before I make a commitment on that, I'd like to get some clarity from committee on that. Thank you.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I'm a very patient man. I've been waiting six years. So any kind of progress reporting would be really helpful. But I'll leave it at that. That's all my questions on this activity. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I just wanted to ask a bit of a question for more detail on the dust suppressant that the deputy minister mentioned. I'm just curious to know is this for the tailings that's adjacent to the roadway and which type of dust suppressant are they looking at? Thank you.
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Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is the tailings that are near the roadway, and I'm sorry, but even I do not have that level of technical detail in this binder right now. We can certainly get back to folks, if the Minister's okay with that, with the type of dust suppressant. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think I'm a bit of a nerd from my time at Giant Mine which is why I'm curious to know what's being explored for Ptarmigan and do urge the department and the Minister to chat with the Giant Mine folks about their issues in spreading dust suppressant throughout the windy conditions of the Northwest Territories. And I see a nod. So I'll just take that as a comment.
I guess my question is around -- again, with Ptarmigan, and I appreciate my colleague raising it. With the land use permit work being done underway, is it -- and while we're still negotiating within the accepted waste sites under devolution, can we still continue to progress on with the remediation work there? And I guess it is a little bit the similar question to what Member O'Reilly was asking, but will the process delay remediation work as we go through the devo process, or can we continue to advance during that time? Thank you.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you. We'll get the dust suppressant information to her. In regards to that detail, I want to say yes, but I'm going to turn to the deputy minister to get clarity on what the process is moving forward. Thank you.
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Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's what's being negotiated right now. Clearly, we're doing the work on the land use permits, and we're hopeful that we can come to an agreement, and it's looking positive for us to continue with the work. But that is the crux of the negotiations that are occurring at this time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Without incriminating myself, I may have had a time or an opportunity; I've looked around the Ptarmigan Mine despite some "no trespassing" signs there. So I'm just curious to know if we're verging on to somewhat of an emergent situation at Ptarmigan? I know that there are issues with a head frame and probably likely stability and such of some of the buildings. I'm not sure if there's an open raise or shaft there. I see my colleague nodding his head yes. So what point would we get to where it becomes a hazard to the point where we have to do something ahead of that agreement being reached, and is there a process for us to do so? Thank you.
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Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So even though the negotiations are ongoing to determine who's ultimately responsible for those sites, the GNWT put up fencing quite some time ago. There's boulders, there's signs, getting people to not go on the site, which is an attempt to address some of the concerns that have been put forward. So until we know who is ultimately responsible, we're trying to keep people off of the site so that those things are not addressed.
Clearly, we need to determine who's responsible so that we can move forward, and that's what we're working hard on at this point. And I can honestly say that there have been conversations recently at the deputy level trying to move this, and I'm hopeful that we'll be able to make progress. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I would like to say that I was on the site long before all the signs went up and the fencing. It just looked really neat. So we wandered off the highway.
And I guess my final question on that, then, is, you know, are we on the hook, then, as the GNWT for that in the meantime? Is there -- and I know again I'm probably just reiterating Mr. O'Reilly, but I maybe was not always listening to the answer. So, you know, are we able to recoup that at some point? Thank you. I'll just ask again.
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