I'll go to the deputy minister.

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

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to deputy minister Strand for that as well. Can the Minister or her deputy minister please explain if the work that ITI is going to be conducting on this policy will be taken to the directors of policy for consistency across government? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it's an ITI policy, so it would be centered there, but as with most of our work we are always happy to share, especially when it is good news stories that are working well within the department. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Okay, thank you for that clarification. But grants and contributions policies are generally used across government, so I hope there is some -- I hate this word -- synergies for the rest of the GNWT to at least maybe learn from your lessons.

The other question I have on this activity is what has made corporate costs jump a significant amount from the 2023-2024 Main Estimates? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the significant amount of increase between the main estimates actually comes from internal budget transfers of corporate related costs, and corporate related costs are employee future benefits, which are things like severance, parental leave, sick leave, annual leave, lieu time. So that's where the most significant amount of cost has come from, and then the second most significant is TSE chargebacks.

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

It's okay. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Is there ANY further questions? Seeing none, I'll continue on. Please turn to page 232.

Industry, Tourism and Investment, corporate operations, operations expenditure summary, 2024-2025 Main Estimates, $9,579,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Moving on to economic diversification and business support, beginning on page 234 with information items on page 238. Are there any questions? I'm going to go to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And to kick this off, I just want to clarify if -- with the Minister if I have questions around ITI's economic vision and investment strategy, is this the right place? Yeah, okay, fantastic.

So in ITI's business plan, the economic vision to 2035 is spoken about as well as an investment strategy. Is the intent to create and release these documents sooner than later in the life of this Assembly? I'll start there, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

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

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, these documents are largely approaches and visions, and I am apprehensive to put timelines around them because they are not going to be solely GNWT-driven documents. They're going to be documents that really bring together the voices of Northerners right across our territory. We have heard a lot of really good things across the territory, a lot of momentum in this field lately, especially in regards to Indigenomics and so this is a space for us to come together through Council of Leaders. This is a space for us to come together with voices, for example, through the Indigenous Leaders Economic Forum and really bring all of these visions together in one place. I think we're at a point in the history of the NWT where we really need to be hustling together in the same direction, and so there's a huge amount of opportunity that sits in front of us and these documents are a place for us to bring all of our voices together. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'm going to go back to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you to the Minister for that. I did write in my notes "with partners" on both of these. So kind of anticipated that answer. And recognizing, of course, that the Minister doesn't want to speak for the partners of the GNWT too-too much on this one, I am still curious if the department has sort of handle on what kind of outputs or outcomes they're looking for from these documents. I'm assuming they'll be cornerstone documents. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it's difficult to put timelines and to put cornerstone outputs on these without working together with our partners. I think that part of these documents being so successful is that they have to include everybody's voices, and everybody has to be able to see themselves in it. So to start with, with outputs without actually defining where we're going to go on this path together and what our common goals are, I think would be unfair. And so I hear, I think, the Member's desire to see something sooner than later and to really be able to drive momentum and inspiration, hope for the territory from getting these documents out, and I share the Member's intent in that, and I think a lot of residents do, and so this is definitely a focus of mine but something that I definitely want to do in the true spirit of collaboration and partnership. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I guess my last question is more of a comment. I hope that the Minister feels inspired to share any scoping or preliminary work as things go ahead and as partners come to an agreement. So I think that's more of a comment. Thank you, Mr. Chair.