Thank you. Minister of Lands.
Debates of March 8th, 2022
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Yeah, thank you. For that detail, we'll have to get back to the Member. Thank you.
Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. I guess part of the problem is the Minister getting back to me, it's not public. I want the Minister to agree, then, to table his response in the House somehow, as a return on an oral question. Is the Minister prepared to do that? Thank you, Madam Chair.
Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Okay, thanks, Madam Chair. I'm not sure what the problem is there but I might have to ask a written question then about that before the end of this sitting to try to get that information.
Can the Minister explain why this is so confidential that he can't provide it in public in some way? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
I need to look at it. I need to make sure we're able to provide that information. We're in a process, and I've made a commitment to get back to the Member. And if we need to, he has a written question, we will go through it that way. But right now, I cannot make a commitment that I'm not informed of. Thank you.
Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Yeah, thanks for that, Madam Chair, and I'll pursue it further with the Minister in other ways.
In the Minister's opening remarks, he mentioned that there's money in here for something called the MVRMA regulatory improvement and engagement. Can the Minister explain what that is all about? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Macdonald
Thank you, Madam Chair. The department has been the lead on coordinating the GNWT's responses to MVRMA amendments and policy development, and our funding that we've had for two legislative advisor positions to support this work was sunsetting at the end of this fiscal year. So we received additional funding for four years to continue this work. Lands will be supporting EIA as we carry out further analysis on devolving MVRMA responsibilities to the GNWT. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Madam Chair. So we just dealt with the Department of Executive and Indigenous Affairs. How does their work relate to what Lands has these two positions for? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Chapman
Thank you, Madam Chair. As Ms. Macdonald had pointed out, we have two positions in our department who are working as legislative advisors who look at the impacts to the Department of Lands and the issues that we are required to inspect against, to manage, to provide advice and guidance on.
Within EIA, they have other positions that are more specific to the overall review and negotiation with Canada. So our positions are very much operational-focused, and that's how they differentiate. Thank you.
Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 198-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Legislative Assembly- Deferral of Department, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Madam Chair. So is any of this work related to the attempt by the federal government to bring through a number of changes like a project certificate and the ability to issue summary convictions, that kind of stuff, that was never passed and the whole thing kind of got sidelined by Tlicho government's legal action. Is that what some of this work is, to cover some of those changes? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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