Thank you, Madam Chair. My question is in terms of water management and stewardship. It's very important for the Indigenous residents of the Northwest Territories to manage water and look after the water. So can you give me some details on where most of these stewardships are taking place. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Jay MacDonald Thebacha
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'll pass to the deputy minister. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Robert Jenkins
Thank you, Madam Chair. So definitely a number of activities in this space right across the territory. There's, you know, monitoring of transboundary water bodies. We do that on, you know, the Peel River, the Slave River, the Hay River, the Liard, a number of locations right across the territory. We've also got a community-based monitoring program working with communities to monitor a number of sites across the territory, and we've established, as I mentioned in a previous response, a number of transboundary water agreements and there's monitoring requirements with it. We could follow up with the Member with a -- if his interest is in monitoring locations, we could definitely provide a list of monitoring sites that we undertake across the territory. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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George Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Madam Chair. That would sufficient, you know, if there's any water management and stewardships programs taking place within -- in the Mackenzie Delta riding area would be -- any other area where it'll have an impact on the communities would be good knowledge to have.
My next question is around climate change, community adaptation. What kind of projects are entailed in this program here? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Jay MacDonald Thebacha
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, that's included in risk and opportunities assessment. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Denny Rodgers Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. My colleagues have done a fine job on asking most of the questions in this section, but I do have just a couple of high-level.
Just on the funding itself and I believe -- and correct me if I'm wrong -- that the Minister stated that in the climate change accumulative impacts and knowledge, the $8.3 million, $2.6 million of that is for the climate action plan. I guess my first question, and again, how much of that is federally funded and how much of that comes out of our coffers, Madam Chair?
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Jay MacDonald Thebacha
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the entire $2.6 million is GNWT funded. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Denny Rodgers Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you. And the total $8.3 million climate change accumulative impacts and knowledge, is that also, then, the entire budget is GNWT funding?
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Jay MacDonald Thebacha
Thank you, Madam Chair. No, Madam Chair, there's accumulative impacts monitoring money in there for $3.65 million. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Denny Rodgers Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you for that; I appreciate that answer. And you look at contract services, Madam Chair, $3.562 million in there, I'm not sure what level of detail the department has here with them today, but I'm just curious as to how much of those contracted services are done in the NWT versus consulting firms or firms outside the NWT. Thank you.
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Jay MacDonald Thebacha
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, we don't -- I don't have that level of detail with me here today. I'm happy to follow up and provide that with the Member. But all of the spending does follow the business incentive plan policy. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Denny Rodgers Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you. Yeah, and I appreciate that, and I know the department does follow the business incentive policy; however, the business has to be here and be able to do this kind of work in order for them to qualify for that and if we don't have that expertise in our territory, obviously are we going outside to get it, and if we are, how much of that money we're spending outside. So I appreciate the Minister's response and look forward to getting that update at a later date. Other than that, Madam Chair, I have no further questions in this section. Thank you.