I only got three minutes and 42 seconds. Well, I'll try not to use all your time, for the Member. So we have developed a planning process. We started this in June, thanks to Minister Chinna and her conversations with the department. As we were going through the flood recovery, we are doing the planning to meet the needs now. We've already started doing a number of things with the policy, the DAP policy, communications with the communities that are -- will be impacted by potential floods. Superintendents have been reaching out to the communities working on their -- checking their plans. And this is something that people should be aware of, is that we have weekly conversations about the flood recovery and the planning of how we are moving forward. So to not waste any more time, we do have a plan in place. We are enhancing it. We are making sure -- and there's some things that we will be bringing to committee showing the work that we did to it. So we've already started it. I know we are only in March but the floods, we've been working on it since June and the community -- or the department, regional and corporate have been -- or directorate have been doing things since January. Plus, we've had press releases or things out there, the public as well, getting people prepared. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. So just thinking ahead a bit here, I'd rather avoid the department having been -- or go for a special warrant or a supplementary appropriation. Do we -- have we thought about how -- you know, with the climate emergency on us, we're likely to get more flooding, we're likely to get more fires? How are we, you know, starting to better plan for these things? Maybe even to start to set aside some money, whether it's a contingency fund or an emergency response fund, climate adaptation fund, to better deal with these sorts of things rather than go for special warrants and supplementary appropriation so that we actually start to set aside the money as we're going along? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

For that detail, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Deputy minister Gareau.

Thank you, deputy minister. Are there any further questions under this section? Go ahead.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress.

There's a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All the those in favour? Opposed? Motion carried.

---Carried

I will now rise and report progress.

---SHORT RECESS

May I please have the Report of Committee of the Whole. Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 23, 29, and 38; Minister's Statement 202-19(2); Tabled Documents 561, 567, 578, and 579-19(2), and would like to report progress, I think we had one motion, and, Mr. Speaker, I move that Report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Do we have a seconder? Member for Great Slave. All those in favour? All those opposed? Any abstentions? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Third reading of bills. Order. Order.

Madam Clerk, orders of the day.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleagues, before we leave today I just want to send our thoughts and prayers out to the community of Fort Smith at this time.

This House stands adjourned until Monday, March 7th, 2022, at 1:30 p.m.

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The House adjourned at 2:03 p.m.