Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. So the federal government did do an update to the disaster federal -- the DFAA, and that is the federal government's policy, so our disaster assistance policy somewhat aligns to that, so that's going to be updated a little bit to align to that or -- yes, so, but what it comes down to -- I'll just leave it at that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thank you. I'll go to the Member from Deh Cho.

Okay, for community, MACA funds the building of community fire guards. Do they fund it? So fire guards are not funded by the community, so this is not part of your emergency?

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. So the -- any of the funding, when it comes down to mitigation like that, a lot of that lies with NWTAC and ECE -- ECC. So the community have to have their emergency plans updated and then work with those departments and that agency to apply for some funding for that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Deh Cho.

Okay, yeah, given that all of the wildfires we went through in the last couple of years, it's top of mind for every -- with a lot of people, top of mind, thinking about the spring is coming. So have all the communities finished their emergency -- community emergencies plans in my region? I'm asking for the Deh Cho because I'm worried about things for the springtime. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is a very good question. I don't have that handy in front of me right now, but I'll -- I know I sent out the community fact sheets, and they're on there, but I'll ask the deputy minister here.

Okay, thank you. I'll go to the deputy minister.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Deh Cho.

No, that's good because I -- that's what I wanted to know about. And just continue to work at helping communities update their community emergency plans. That's top of mind because if things happen, it could get really chaotic in some places. So having our plans is always a way to make sure residents and communities feel safe. Thank you. More of a comment. Thank you.

Okay, thank you. Minister.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. As part of being proactive -- I don't even remember when it was. This spring or last fall we sent out letters to all the communities, you know, basically informing them that it's a good time to be prepared and get ready and update their community emergency plans. So every community government in the territory should have received that letter and, at that time, if they felt that they needed some assistance, they could have reached -- they could reach out to the regional superintendents, and the department could assist them in making sure their community emergency plans are up to date or anything else that they required. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thank you. Is there any further questions? Seeing none, please turn to page 360.

Municipal and Community Affairs, emergency management, operations expenditure summary, 2025-2026 Main Estimates, $1,029,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Moving on to public safety beginning on page 362. Are there any other questions? Yes, I'm going to go to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, as I've spoken about in this sitting, there are a lot of folks in the territory who are struggling with extremely high property insurance renewals and, unfortunately, my inquiries to the Department of Finance and the Minister of Finance have not proved very fruitful in that regard. We don't really have a lot of legislative levers under the Insurance Act. However, we do have, in this section, consumer affairs and MACA has this really fun brochure that says, hey, that's not fair - a Guide to Consumer Protection in the NWT. And I was reading through it, and I'm not really sure if when someone gets an extreme hike from an insurance company that that could be covered by this consumer affairs protection part of MACA, and I thought I'd let the Minister clarify. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is a good question. I think we'll have to take that back and get a response for you if that's okay, to get that clarified and see if we can get that for you. Thank you.

Okay, thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Great Slave.

Well, thank the Minister for that, and I hope that there is some levity that he might be able to offer residents of the Northwest Territories. I recognize many of our insurance companies do not operate in the Northwest Territories so it might be -- prove very difficult for the department but any information he can share, greatly appreciated. More a comment. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thank you. I'm going to continue on. I'm going -- is there any other Members that have questions? Okay. Seeing none, no further questions, please turn to page 363.

Municipal and Community Affairs, public safety, operations expenditure summary, 2025-2026 Main Estimates, $3,208,000. Does committee agree?