Member for Frame Lake.
Debates of March 4th, 2025
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Julian Morse Frame Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, okay, so just to be clear what the deputy minister said there is that they are expecting to bring the land -- the regs forward within this fiscal year, so 2025-2026? Thank you.
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Jay MacDonald Thebacha
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, yes, that is our -- our goal is to have it completed in 2025-2026; however, we have multiple partners at the table in this process so we're hoping that we're able to achieve that. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Julian Morse Frame Lake
Okay, thank you, Madam Chair. I do understand the Minister's need to throw a caveat there that there's more than just the GNWT at the table. But, you know, would just say there's going to be disagreements sometimes when we're moving these things forward but we also have to at some point move things forward. As I noted, you know, five years, that's a long time. And we've had this conversation about a bunch of different Acts and regs, and, you know, there was a Forest Act in the last Assembly. You know, there is a need to move legislation forward regardless of the various kind of disagreements that may occur along the way. You got to sometimes set a date to figure out when you're going to get the agreement that best satisfies everybody's interests knowing that you're not always going to get everything -- not everybody's going to get everything they want but I guess, yeah, I appreciate the department pushing for conclusion of that process within the fiscal year. So thank you, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Minister of Environment and Climate Change, do you want to respond to that?
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Daniel McNeely Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. My question within this activity is compensation and benefits from the fiscal year 2023-2024, and it's increased to 11.374. My question to that, compensation and benefits is projected to slightly increase on the RAA overall budget. Are these increases attributed to the new UNW collective agreement, or is there something else such as the consolidation of inspectors and officers into the RAA? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Jay MacDonald Thebacha
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, $900,000 was directly attributed to the collective bargaining. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Okay, thank you. No further questions, please turn to page 98.
Environment and Climate Change, regulatory, assessment and authorizations, operations expenditure summary, 2025-2026 Main Estimates, $15,131,000. Does the -- sorry, Member for Yellowknife North.
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Shauna Morgan Yellowknife North
My apologies, Madam Chair, I didn't wave or get your attention enough here but I do have some questions on this section.
My first question is around the land management administration division. First, can the Minister just tell us how many staff work in this division in total.
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Shauna Morgan Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. Can you also clarify, so they're in charge of the administration of public land. Is that land only outside of municipal boundaries and does it include, like, settlement lands that have been settled within Indigenous land claims? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Jenkins
Thank you, Madam Chair. So that includes territorial and Commissioner's land. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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