That's good. Thank you.

All right, committee, let's see where we're at in here. Mr. Simpson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Now that I know what section we're on. Contaminated sites, I'd just like to ask about strategic oil and gas and what's happening with that and where in the department is it -- if we're looking at remediation, if the Minister could respond to that. Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Simpson. Minister.

Thank you. That's very much a Lands question but I can give you that since I'm wearing my Lands hat there right now. It's still in receivership. It's still in the court system right now. So we're not doing anything with it right now. Do we have a plan in place at any point in time? We are working on our plan presently. So yeah, that's about all I can say right now. Thank you.

Mahsi. Mr. Simpson.

That's all, thank you.

Mahsi. There are no further questions on this section.

Please turn to page 77. Environment and Natural Resources, environmental protection and waste management, operations expenditures summary, 2022-2023 Main Estimates, $4,333,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Environmental stewardship and climate change, beginning on page 79, with information item on page 82. Questions? Mr. Simpson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On page 81, just looking at adaption plan and climate change community adaption, and we're looking at roughly $378,000 combined there. And I'm just wondering here, because I guess when I look at what we're talking about or what we're trying to achieve with this, you know, we look at -- you know, it takes into account sharing of information and investing in infrastructure, looking at that, setting building codes to ensure that, you know, buildings are not going to get damaged, addressing possible health effects, supporting regions that are vulnerable to climate change, maintaining our ecosystems, you know, in regions, and also the environment. And, you know, we went through years of forest fires. Now we're going through years of flooding, you know. And, you know, what's next? Will it be tornados? High winds? We don't know. So, you know, we're only looking at, like, at that $378,000. I'm just wondering if that's enough money, or should -- is the government looking at maybe putting some more money into it considering what's happened over the last few years with flooding and fires. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi, Mr. Simpson. Minister.

Thank you very much. Right now we feel this is the money that we need to move forward with -- my deputy minister put her hand up. So I should look at her, and I'd get her to clarify that. Thank you.

Deputy minister.

Mahsi. Mr. Simpson.

No further questions. Thank you.

Any further questions from committee? Ms. Nokleby.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister of the department comment on how the climate workers, I guess for lack of a better word -- sorry, brain dead -- how their work interacts with the other departments and how they are working to help, like, inform; they've got the expertise in your department, and I know that needs to be interconnected to others, such as at Infrastructure where maybe they only have one of those types of employees. So yes, how can they -- can the Minister speak a little bit to that interaction and how they help and if they need more resources in order to help inform other departments? Thank you.

Mahsi, Ms. Nokleby. There's a climate worker's question. Mr. Minister.

Well, I'm going to go to the deputy minister on that one. Thank you.

Deputy minister.

Mahsi. Ms. Nokleby.