Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I am trying to see that here. I may have to commit to get back to the Member just to confirm that. Thank you.
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Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair, I appreciate that commitment. I just wanted to be able to let constituents know if there was still funding available there. Thank you.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Any further questions? No, all right. No further questions? Okay. Any other questions from Members? Member for Frame Lake.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Madam Chair. I want to go to the Northwest Territories Environmental Studies Research Fund. Given that this is an environmental studies, why is it -- I know why it's appearing under ITI, but why is this not something that's delegated to, say, ENR? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, that kind of a reorganization hasn't been contemplated by ITI but maybe the deputy minister can speak to the history on that. Thank you.
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Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. So, yes, ENR is definitely very involved in the ESRF. Andrew Applejohn is our chair and he is an ENR employee. So although the funds come through the PRA, which is the Petroleum Resources Act, we jointly manage this fund together, and ENR -- we do provide some funding to ENR to cover the salaries for those that do work on implementing the projects that the ESRF funds, and those are, you know, what is boreal caribou, which is ENR, ground water monitoring, and some train sensitivity for permafrost. So definitely highly linked with ENR and it, you know, obviously doesn't paint the picture, you know, within what we have here but certainly there's a lot more information that we have in the annual report that's funded. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Madam Chair, and thanks for that. Yeah, I guess maybe during the government renewal initiative, this might be something that maybe should just be moved over to ENR. But I want to ask the revenue is -- looks to be pretty steady, and I'm a bit surprised of that given, you know, the level of non-activity. I believe that these -- the revenues actually tie to exploration-licence-sort-of levies. Certainly, I don't think any of this money is coming from significant discovery licences where companies don't have to do anything forever. So are these levies then from the active exploration licences, and is this expected to decline over time? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. So Madam Chair, all of the licence holders do pay I believe 32.3 cents per hectare. So that's what makes it a fairly steady amount. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Madam Chair. Does that include significant discovery licence holders? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Madam Chair, let me put that to the deputy minister just to be sure, please. Thank you.
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Yes, Madam Chair, that does cover SDL holders. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks. Well, that's a bit of a surprise to me. I didn't think they actually had to do anything, so -- well, if they're contributing a few bucks to the ESRF, that's probably not a bad thing, so. I don't think I have anything further on that. Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thanks, Madam Chair. I'm just curious to understand a little bit more about how this works together, ITI and ENR, because we talked a lot about, you know, breaking down silos. So when I hear someone saying they would like to move it to one department only, I'm just curious to know -- I see here that ITI manages, like, the legislative part, and because petroleum is -- is under this Minister's purview, could she speak to how that works? Like, what is sort of the percentage or breakdown here between the two departments and is it more of a collaborative thing or maybe speak a little bit further to that. Thank you.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'll direct that to the deputy minister, please.