Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Okay, thanks, Madam Chair. Is any of this money actually used to help support Indigenous governments involved in the development of these regulations, whether they're members of the intergovernmental council or not? Or where's that money found? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of ITI.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, so I mean funding for the -- for Intergovernmental Council or Council of Leaders, IGCS, that money would be coming out of EIA generally, and there's -- you know, or money that would come -- yeah, that would be coming out of EIA that's not a line item for us. We do have other opportunities. There is the $100,000 that we've advanced this year but that's not necessarily for participation here. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair, so -- all right, so the Minister mentioned the Intergovernmental Council Secretariat. What about those Indigenous governments that have not signed on to the devolution agreement, are they funded by ITI to participate in this development of regulations and where is that money found? Thanks.

Thank you. Minister of ITI.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So Madam Chair, there is -- Madam Chair, let me actually turn this one over to the deputy minister. She would be dealing with it on the operational level and may be able to give some more specifics. Thanks.

Thank you. Deputy minister Strand.

Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. All right, yeah, that's a lot of money for some regulations and I just continue to note that ITI goes to the pot to get money for post-devo regulations and ENR, Lands don't. And just leave it at that. Or maybe they're just not successful in getting the money out of Cabinet. I don't know.

I want to turn the page over to 218, the Indigenous mineral development support program of a $100,000. Is this money to fund people to go to PDAC, the Prospector Developers Association of Canada conference or roundup in Vancouver; is that what this money's for? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of ITI.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, that is but one example of what they might use that money for. I mean, there's, you know, other opportunities for training, opportunities to -- well, yeah, just to -- you know, opportunities to make themselves as a government more aware of what the mineral resource sector might bring as a benefit to their community. And obviously being able to attend the resource -- or a resource conference of their choosing and decide how to do that and be prepared for it would certainly be part of that. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair, and I realize my time's running down. Is there a similar pot of money for other economic sectors, you know, negotiating forestry agreements or agricultural work could go to conferences and so on? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of ITI.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm not sure what ENR may or may not have for forestry development. I can say that over in the tourism sector, Madam Chair, there's quite a lot of funding available - community tourism, community tourism initiatives, and the like. There's a significant amount of money over in tourism, for example. Similarly in the fisheries area, we have a lot of money available for Indigenous fishers with the Tlicho or -- and the fishing industry generally, we've been offering training and programming over the last couple of years. So but mindful of time, Madam Chair, I'll stop my comparisons there. Thanks.

Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, I want to turn to the core funding that's provided to the Chamber of Mines, the $55,000 here. Is that used to support their work in this working group that they have with ITI? Is that what that money is for? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I believe this is all program-based funding, and let me turn it to the deputy minister who can then provide hopefully a bit more specific examples of those projects. Thank you.

Thank you. Deputy minister Strand.