Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, so for 2025-2026, there's one truck for the Tlicho region; however, the capital plan for trucks is spanned out over the 20-year capital needs assessment so those trucks are constantly being replaced. So I don't have the specific detail on previous years but as things go forward, that's a constant. I'd also like to just say that so within the last -- since 2016 in Frank Channel specifically, there has been a significant investment in the base there. There was a new crew standby facility built. There was a new warehouse built. There was a new dispatch centre built. They recently replaced the communication tower this past summer. So there has been significant investment. The investment, how the department has been looking at capital is that there's more than just -- there's -- we look at the whole region and over a five-year average is how it's been approached so that obviously you can't break out totally evenly amongst all of the regions every year, so if you look at it in a bigger picture, the approach has been to try and break that out more evenly over time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Monfwi.

Yeah, well, that's good, no, that's good. I know that, I see that. You know, the -- it's -- I live in Behchoko in -- you know, so I see -- I see the new infrastructure that was -- you know, was upgraded and so which is good, you know, but we're -- I'm just saying that Frank Channel is in the central locations. You know, we're close to Yellowknife, we're close to south. You know, we're not too far off in the south. We're closer to the border. So that's why I'm saying, you know, like, territorial fire centre, I think, you know, why not that go somewhere else? It should have been more -- or, you know, like, build fire centre, you know, in a lot of those small communities, small -- you know, or regional -- or other regional centre. I'm sure we will benefit more from that because unemployment rate is high in small communities. We don't have a college. So where -- if our young people wants to be educated, they have to go somewhere else and this is a good summer job for a lot of our young people. So that's why I'm asking. I'm asking about that territorial fire centre from a lesson learned from 2023.

But there's another one here too. Territorial, it says -- it just says territorial, but it doesn't say the communities, where it's going. Like, that whip line floats and air attack officer, wildlife simulators, all that, there's a lot of them. Where are these positions -- or where are these equipment going, which communities? Where -- like, is it going to the territorial fire centre in Fort Smith? I'm not too sure. It just says territorial. It would be nice to know where some of these are going to be going. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you for question. Yes, I'd love the opportunity to explain this one. So the territorial infrastructure is infrastructure that supports the territory as a whole. So I can go here and look at the lightning detection system, which is a piece of territorial infrastructure. So there's a network of detection sites across the NWT that provide lightning data to all of the NWT, to all of the bases in all of the regions, as well as to the territorial fire centre. This type of infrastructure supports all of the firefighting activity. So it's not necessarily assigned to a specific community because its location may not be in a community.

Very similar, the whip line floats are a piece of infrastructure. That is there to support the 802 water bombers so that if there is a damage to a float on one of the aircraft, that that aircraft is not out of service for a long length of time. The lead time to build these floats is approximately four years so this is the kind of inventory that we need to have available and on-hand to ensure that we can support the overall territorial fire operation. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Okay, I don't see anybody else have their hands up for -- to this item here. I'm going to go to continue on.

Department of Environment and Climate Change, wildlife and forest management, infrastructure investment, $24,417,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Members, please return now to the Department of Environment and Climate Change summary found on page 23. Department of Environment and Climate Change, 2025-2026 Capital Estimates, $25,096,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that this committee defer further consideration of the capital estimates for the Department of Environment and Climate Change at this time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion carried. Consideration of the Department of Environment and Climate Change, 2025-2026 Capital Estimates, total department is deferred.

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Thank you, committee, and thank you, Minister. Sergeant-at-arms, please escort the witnesses from the chambers.

Thank you. What's the wish of the committee? I'm going to go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that the chair rise and report progress. Thank you.

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

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I will now rise and report progress. Thank you.

Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 193-20(1) and would like to report progress with four motions carried. And, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. Can I have a seconder, please. Member from Inuvik Twin Lakes. To the motion.

Question has been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? Motion carried.

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Report of Committee of the Whole. Third reading of bills. Minister of Finance.

To the motion.