Thank you. The Member is right. We have been looking into it, a satellite. But for detail, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.
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Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're still looking into that, and the next step is to put out an RFP to talk about what kind of container could work because the idea is that it would be an unmanned depot where you could bring your bags and put them in, and then they would be moved over to the other depot. There are plans at the existing depot -- a lot of this is because of COVID restrictions where, you know, and so what they're looking at is in the depot retooling how you get in and out of it so that you can maximize and have more people able to access that service. So there's work being done on both fronts. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Okay, thanks for that. Yeah, I can tell the Minister that I visited Greenland about maybe six, eight years ago, and in Greenland in the capital Nuuk, they had machines that you could just put an empty bottle into and cash came out at the bottom. So if they can do it in Greenland, I don't know why we can't do it here. Like, was -- and that was, like, a number of years ago. So I'm -- is that the kind of remote technology or something we're talking about here? Like, this isn't rocket science. It's done all over Europe. But is that the kind of thing we're talking about? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you. For that detail, I'll just turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.
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Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're actually looking at a model where there would not be cash on site, that it -- we would drop it off. You would have a card, and then there would be vendors locally that could pay out the card or it would go directly into your account once it has been counted and processed at the other depot.
We've looked at options across the board to see what could work in our northern climate outside. We are now at a stage where we're looking at an RFP for how it could actually be constructed. So there is movement on this. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks for that. So when is the RFP going to be issued and when would it close and when can we expect another depot or drop off place or whatever? A little bit of a schedule. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks. No further questions. But I do want to thank them for getting on this. It's been a long-standing issue for Yellowknifers. Thank you.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I just have some questions about the fair marketing revolving fund. I note that there's a 1,500 a year -- sorry, 1.5 million a year authorized limit. Is that a -- sorry, yeah, is that a cap that's based solely on, like, supply? Or could we actually look to increase this, or would we then be looking at a draw down of animals and such that it's not sustainable? Thank you.
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Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We could increase it, but do so we'd have to amend the act. So what we've been doing is looking at it very closely. There's been some variability because of COVID, in particular, in the last while. We're getting less furs coming in, and there was a stockpile of them because there were -- the sales weren't happening and things weren't selling as much. But we're hopeful that that will turn around as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. So would this be an area or an item, then, that we would look to maybe want to remove from the act and put into regulations so that in the future it could be changed more easily without having to take a legislative change? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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