Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, those discussions are still ongoing. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. Oral questions. Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to ask the Minister of Environment and Climate Change more about the project permanence for financing trust that was established by this House. It's a little troubling to hear the money's not actually flowing. There's -- every opposition party, I think it's on record right now, saying they'll bring the government down when the House of Commons resumes. So what is the Minister going to do to ensure that we actually get the $300 million to put into this fund? Thank you.

Thank you, Member from Range Lake. Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I stated in the earlier question regarding the same issue, we continue to have regular engagement with Minister's office at ECCC in Ottawa. We have been working closely with the partners' table to ensure that all of the work that is required to advance, to be prepared to receive the money when it gets to the parliamentary appropriation that is required continues. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If the federal appropriation doesn't flow, what will be the fate of the private equity money, the $75 million? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the private equity money is a matching sum dependent solely on the commitment from the federal government. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. Final supplementary. Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, is there -- can we start thinking about a contingency plan with the GNWT's resources should there be a very likely situation of this appropriation being defeated in the upcoming session of the House of Commons? Can we have our own money put into this, start talking to the equity partners and see what we can salvage if this does go down? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, we do not have $300 million to contribute to this great initiative which is going to benefit the Indigenous governments and communities all across the North, as much as I would love to be able to stand up here and make such a commitment. We will continue to do the work, the advocacy work that we've been doing with the federal government. If there's -- as the election process unfolds, we will continue still to do our advocacy work to ensure, to the best of our ability, that those funds flow to the Indigenous governments within the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. Oral questions. Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to my colleagues for raising NGO issues. I'll be asking the Premier some questions about that as well.

So I believe it was last week or the previous week a public service announcement went out about what steps they're taking -- EIA is taking to support the NGO sector, and in that effort they outline some of the steps they'll be taking, and they referenced the strengthening non-profit and charitable sector external advisory committee report. So that report is something that many constituents have reached out to me about in the past. In that report, though, there are specific recommendations, and I'm wondering if the Premier can speak to whether or not any of those recommendations will be followed. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member from Great Slave. Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's been a while since I looked at that report, so I was just pulling it up. But from what I recall, there are good recommendations in there, they're solid recommendations. Some of the recommendations relate to a policy that we already have in place but just haven't been following, and if we followed that policy, I think there would be a lot of improvement in our relationships with the NGOs. So from what I can recall, yes, I look forward to following some of those recommendations. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, Mr. Speaker, those recommendations, in broad stokes, are implementing the full suite of tools in the GNWT's program manager's guide for funding NGOs which was from 2014, update that guide with specific items -- I won't list them here -- and provide additional supports. So I would say the EIA is providing those additional supports. But will EIA be committing to and will be the Premier be committing to looking at the suite of tools in that guide and updating that guide? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Oral questions. Member from Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to return back to the Premier with the earlier question. I did ask how much this establishment of the special envoy office would cost the territorial government in Ottawa. If he could explain that in detail? Because we also know given the reference on the finance website, on the GNWT that is, that principal secretary's position is -- as a deputy minister is one of the most expensive paid GNWT employees as noted in the public service. So I'm curious on how much this office is going to pay, how big is it going to get, etcetera. Thank you.

Thank you, Member from Yellowknife Centre. Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll have to take that question on notice. Thanks.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Oral questions. Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Member from Range Lake. Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Trespass Act, the legislative proposal is targeted for the second quarter of 2025-2026, so that would mean within the first six months of the upcoming fiscal year. And after a legislative proposal is created, it, of course, is shared confidentially with our colleagues in the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight. They have up to six weeks to provide feedback on that legislative proposal at which point it comes to Cabinet for a decision, and after that decision, if Cabinet decides to proceed, then the bill is drafted and that can take some time as well. And along that process, there are a number of instances where things could get held up. So in terms of a hard timeline, I don't think anyone should be giving hard timelines on legislation in this Assembly because I've been here nine years, and I don't know how many times I've really seen those timelines strictly adhered to. There's always something happening. There's always new emergencies that are taking resources. And so things move around quite a bit.

SCAN legislation, legislative proposal is targeted for this upcoming year as well. There will be consultation that will be starting in the spring. So the public can expect to hear about that and be able to provide their feedback on that bill which is very important given the history of this bill and its defeat in a previous Assembly.

And Civil Forfeiture Act, the legislative proposal is again on the same timeline. Hopefully sometime this fall, we should have that in place. But the idea is to -- the goal is to have all of these pieces of legislation passed by the end of this Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.