Thank you. Minister of MACA.

Thank you. Yeah, the Member is correct about the meeting. We are working with the chair of the committee to find a time that we'll meet there. And we apologize, it hasn't been done in the timely manner.

In regards to positions, I know that we have assistant fire marshals in each of the regions. And then out of the headquarters office, I would have to get -- with your permission, get the deputy minister to provide more clarity on that. Thank you.

Thank you. Deputy minister Gareau.

Thank you. Member for Thebacha.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The emergency management with the flooding, you know, the amounts that were allocated, how much of that money -- of that -- that was used, the $35,823,000, how much of that was -- do you have the breakdown of that allocations, Madam Chair, for monies that stayed in the North and the monies that have gone somewhere else? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Member for -- I'm sorry, Minister of MACA.

Yes, thank you. Yes, so we do provide committee with the breakdown. As for the communities where -- if the money stayed in the North and that, I'll turn to the deputy minister to provide further detail. Thank you.

Thank you. Deputy minister Gareau.

Thank you. Member for Thebacha.

I don't have any other questions. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm just curious in looking at the 911 program, I notice that there is an increase here this year by about $500,000. It's my understanding that in the coming years we will no longer be able -- or the levy cap will be finished. Is the department's intention to raise the levy for 911 users? I guess in in other words, pass that cost along to the people of the territory? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

Yes, thank you. The Member's correct, we've looked at this. This is something that we're looking at moving forward because we had a cap on it for three years. Now as we move forward, we are going to be looking at the levy, user pay sort of approach to it. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, does the Minister commit to coming back to committee before a decision is made whether to increase that levy? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

Yes.

Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just also want to reiterate some of the concerns I hear around the Office of the Fire Marshal and its inability to keep up with its workload.

I guess I don't want to reiterate everything my colleague from Yellowknife North said, but I do want to see a commitment there for a real in-depth look at what's happening there and how it is impacting us. As our supply chains and timeframes get a lot tighter for projects in the North, it's going to become more critical that the Office of the Fire Marshal moves plans through faster or does their inspections faster. So if I could have the Minister speak to that? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

Thank you. Yes, so we are looking at a contract services right now to address this challenge that we have presently facing. Thank you.