No further comment. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Next, I have Member for Monfwi.

Thank you. For the transboundary waters -- and I know that a lot of good questions was asked by Members. So I just wanted to ask the Minister how many active transwater boundary agreements we have in the NWT that's currently active with our neighboring territory and provinces? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister for Environment and Climate Change.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Currently we have Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon. We're currently negotiating with Saskatchewan and in conversations with Nunavut. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Member for Monfwi.

Thank you for the info. Water management and stewardship, my colleagues, they talked about it too as well, and we know that climate change, there is a reduction. I believe he said climate change preparedness program was sunsetted. Was that federal government funding? Thank you.

Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, Madam Chair, that was in Arcan funding for our flood mapping project. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Member for Monfwi.

You know, climate change is not something new. It's been recognized by many of our elders in the past before, and it's been discussed over ten years now by a lot of our elders that are no longer here with us. So they've been talking about it for a long time because they've noticed changes from before where from 20, 30 years ago, it's not the same no more. That's what we heard many times by elders. So with that in mind, I just wanted to ask the Minister if -- I know that climate change preparedness program helped many of the communities, so is there any way that that program will be replaced for -- here, it says adaptation plan, it's low. So it there any way in the budget that this program can -- or is it going to be replaced with any other programs? Thank you.

Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'll pass to director St. Arnaud, please.

Director St. Arnaud.

Member for Monfwi.

Here I see water research and monitoring aquatics. Okay, the budget has not changed since 2023-2024 fiscal year, and it says it stays consistent all the way up to the next fiscal year. So I just wanted to ask the Minister if -- because it's -- if traditional knowledge are being used, especially with water research and monitoring and is the government -- Indigenous government or Indigenous organization are consulted as well? Because I know that as an Indigenous person, we heard it many times from my elders and other people talking saying that, you know, this is -- like, they love their land, they love their water, you know, and we heard it many times, even 50 years ago, you know, this is our land so we love our land. So I -- I just -- that's why I wanted to ask the Minister if traditional knowledge or if knowledge keepers are consulted, or are they using that to further their studies. Thank you.

Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, yes, certainly I think that that's very important as well. We use -- the community-based monitoring involves individuals, local groups, as well as organizations within the communities. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Member for Monfwi.

We know what happened with forest fire 2023 and 2024. So climate change community adaptations, that too -- okay, 2023-2024 was low, and it's stayed consistent all the way. Why -- you know, like, and here we -- the Minister did a statement for ready for wildfires. Why this budget has not changed for the community -- for the community to deal with the climate change and adaptations? Thank you.

Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, the adaptation funding is spread out across many activities, primarily being funded through the forest management activity. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Member for Monfwi.