Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So Mr. Speaker, a lot of the projects, in fact I gather the majority of the projects that are coming through the Mineral Incentive Program, are early stage or fairly low impact projects. So these are not -- they're at the front end of the life cycle, and they're not necessarily ones that would have a significant amount of disturbance. That said, Mr. Speaker, the Member's quite right, I am quite committed to promoting the fact that the Northwest Territories is and will be a growing leader on ESG - environmental, social, and governance factors - and so while we're at it, why don't we look at our 2023-2024 guidelines and make it again very express that we expect industry in the North to adhere to what we already I think saw happening and to what we think is a value -- that brings value add to the industries and to proponents. Namely, that they -- that they do maintain and consider the highest stakes of ESG, or environmental, social, and governance factors. So, you know, it's a yes that has to come with a bit of wording to follow. But, again, we're confident that that's the kind of industry we want here, and it's the add industry we have so I don't expect that that will be -- that we'll be -- I expect that we will be able to find some language that reflects that for the next year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Caroline Wawzonek on Question 1047-19(2): Mining Incentive Program
In the Legislative Assembly on March 28th, 2022. See this statement in context.
Question 1047-19(2): Mining Incentive Program
Oral Questions
March 28th, 2022
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