Thank you, Madam Chair. DFO, or the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans has the jurisdiction over waterways, so they control the access and control the -- that parcel of -- not land, but that area is under their authority and administration. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Deh Cho.

what triggers DFO involvement; how do we get that process going? That was my initial question was what's -- what is the whole process to get from point A to point B in this application process or whatever to get infrastructure in place? Mahsi.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So -- I mean, there are two parts to it I suppose. Firstly, if there's an interest in having DFO involved, I mean, the Department of ITI can be a liaison point where whether under tourism, whether under fisheries, potentially Department of Municipal and Community Affairs I imagine could certainly go and advocate to our counterparts to say, look, we would like your officials and staff to come and -- come to our region and look at what prospects there might be, do their own internal assessments and government processes that exist within the federal government. We would not be in a position to build things in a waterway without the Department of Fisheries and Oceans approving that. You've probably heard the Minister of Infrastructure talking about the harbour restoration happening outside of Hay River. It required approval from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for them to be able to go and do that even though it's the coast guard are the ones that needs it. So it's really getting them to be taking an interest. Again, I can say they -- it has been a bit of a challenge to get them to take an interest in putting some additional collection points for fisheries. Notwithstanding that we have all this potential in the North for a strong fishery, it's been very challenging to get their attention on this issue and to get them to come up and identify potential sites. And then we go through our capital planning process so that we could build the docks or build a marina or build a site. But we're not -- to get through our planning process, we would certainly not want to not go too far down that path if the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is only going to say, no, you cannot have access to that waterway. So, you know, they give us the okay, then we can build whatever it is on the land piece to access it but we really need them involved to identify an appropriate site in the water, and then we can build on the land. I don't know if that makes a bit more sense. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Deh Cho.

Mahsi. So to trigger that whole process, the community would have to request through ITI for the boat and the ramp -- or the dock and the ramps?

I'm just going to remind Members to end your question with Madam Chair just so that we can make sure that the sound and the mics go on in the right order. Minister of Finance.

Madam Chair, that is definitely one path. I think I'm starting to realize here where this is going. Yes, look, I think it would be wonderful news to have, again as I said, more access to the waterways, whether for tourism, for the sake of the communities, or for fisheries. So one way is for the community to reach out to ITI to be partners in that and to then take the interest to the DFO to say, look, get your officials out to the community of Fort Providence. There's an interest locally. I know there's an interest in the fishery locally there. What can be done to have better access. And if they can identify a site, ITI could then start to go through the capital planning process that brings a project to this House to try to request funding through this -- the current process we're in to build the associated facility on land. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Deh Cho.

Mahsi, Madam Chair. Also, does it take any engineering firm? Because you mentioned Stantec was involved in the Yellowknife one. Would that include an engineering firm to look at it also? Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, it doesn't -- I mean, not necessarily, but maybe. I guess it depends. In this case of the Robertson dock, because they were rehabilitating an existing structure, the Stantec folks were involved to determine whether that structure could be rehabilitated or had to be replaced and what the parameters of that would be. But if it's -- you know, again, if we're building anew, then that is a new building process. If you're rehabilitating, that's a different process. Yes, not necessarily is probably the best I can give, unfortunately. Thanks.

Thank you. Member for Deh Cho.

Back to that Robertson dock rehabilitation, did somebody have to apply for it? Like, the City of Yellowknife? Or was it just an engineering firm that said, hey, here's a dock, rehabilitate? Mahsi.

Thank you. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Madam Chair. No. Madam Chair, this piece of infrastructure that is owned by the Government of the Northwest Territories is dilapidated. It is dangerous. People are going there and using it despite signage that we put up last year. And this has a risk to life. So that's one of the first risk categories when we do an analysis for the capital plan and when we're building the capital plan is to determine if there is a risk to human activity. This one fell in that category. And that's where it then advances through the peer review and ADM review process of a capital planning, and then ultimately comes here. So that's how the Robertson dock advanced. Other initiatives, such as something in Fort Providence could potentially proceed through a very different process if it's a new build for different purposes. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Deh Cho.

Mahsi, Madam Chair. So can you send an official to Fort Providence to have a look at that dock? And you'll find that it's in dire need of repair. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am certain that the South Slave Region would be happy to send somebody, and I know ITI's listening now. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Deh Cho.

Mahsi cho.

Are there any further questions to the ITI economic diversification business support? Seeing none.

Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, economic diversification and business support, infrastructure investments, $750,000. Does committee agree?