Thank you. Drafting the regulations or drafting the LTOS Project specs? Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to Minister Wawzonek.

Regulations, Mr. Chair. I just don't have as much information about LTOS nor am I as familiar with it. Thank you.

Thank you. Member from Range Lake.

Thank you. I've only got 40 seconds. So I won't ask any more questions. But I will say it would be nice if we could ensure there are no impediments in policy or appropriations that would delay these two projects any further, and I would be happy to support the Ministers responsible in ensuring these things come to fruition because we desperately need them, especially the online map staking piece. If we're going to super charge our industry and get exploration back on track, we need this system in place, and I'd like to see it before 2026. But, you know, I can wish for a lot of things. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Any Members from -- Member from Frame Lake.

Thank you. I want to go to Minister Wawzonek.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I recall that the Ontario system took ten years to develop to go from their old Mineral Resource Act to the one they have now which includes the online map staking. So keeping that in mind, you know, we're not as offside in terms of a timeline.

With respect to reinventing the wheel, I mean, again, I can't speak to the experience of the third-party contractor that they have now, but it certainly is someone who does exactly this type of work so I would like to think that if someone's an expert in this field that they would certainly not be reinventing something unnecessarily.

Part of what's made our situation unique is the unique nature of land and land ownership and land rights in the Northwest Territories. But, again, Mr. Chair, in that regard I can say that there was some work done to ensure that our approach is one that is going to be modern and, if anything, it's -- it will be responding to the uniqueness of the Northwest Territories. So, for instance, even just deciding on a grid versus not took some time but that decision has been made and moved on. So, yes, I don't think a reinventing of the wheel is the challenge at this point, Mr. Chair. But thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Frame Lake.

I'm done. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Okay. All right. We're going to continue on. Thank you.

I'm going to read out Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2023-2024,, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, capital investments expenditures, mineral and petroleum resources, not previously authorized, negative $1,197,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you, committee.

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2023-2024, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, capital investment expenditures, total department not previously authorized, negative $1,197,000. Is there any questions? Don't see any. Does the committee agree?

Thank you.

Committee, we'll now consider the Department of Infrastructure on page 9.

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2023-2024, Department of Infrastructure, capital investment expenditures, asset management not previously authorized, negative $2,885,000. Is there any questions from committee? Don't see none. Does the committee agree? Okay, committee agreed.

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2023-2024, Department of Infrastructure, capital investment expenditures, program and services not previously authorized, $30,331,000. Is there any questions? Okay. Does the committee agree?

Thank you.

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2023-2024, Department of Infrastructure, capital investment expenditures, total department not previously authorized, $27,446,000. Is there any questions? Does the committee agree?

Thank you.

Members, there is a schedule on page 10 that details impact on capital estimates. This schedule is not a voteable item and is included as information only. Are there any questions on this schedule? I'm going to go to the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. What is the impact on the supplementary reserve as it currently is? Thank you.

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