Does the committee agree? Thank you, committee. We will take a short recess and resume with the first item.
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Debates of March 4th, 2025
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The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Committee, we have agreed to consider Tabled Document 275-20(1), 2025-2026 Main Estimates. We will now consider the Department of Environment and Climate Change. Does the Minister of Environment and Climate Change wish to bring witnesses into the House?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses into the chamber.
Would the Minister please introduce his witnesses.
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Jay MacDonald Thebacha
Thank you, Madam Chair. On my left, I have deputy minister Robert Jenkins. And on my right, I have Jessica St. Arnaud, the director of finance. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Thank you. The committee has agreed to forego general comments on the Department of Environment and Climate Change. Does the committee agree to proceed to the detail contained in the tabled document?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Committee, we will defer the departmental summary and review the estimates by activity summary beginning with corporate management starting on page 83 with information items on page 86. Are there any questions? Member for Great Slave.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. So I'm just going to quickly flip through the activities to make sure this is a good question; I believe it is. I know that the department has done restructuring in recent years. Can the Minister speak a little bit to the role of ADM regional operations now that that key activity has been sort of subsumed into the other activities? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Robert Jenkins
Thank you, Madam Chair. So the ADM regional operations primarily deals with the enforcement functions across the department. So there's -- we have regional offices in every region. We have enforcement functions under land, under water, under wildlife, and so the various aspects for that fall to ADM regional operations. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, could I get a little bit more substantiation around why that as a function was removed however, like why that was made as an organizational choice? Thank you.
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Robert Jenkins
Thank you, Madam Chair. I mean, I think we've got quite a bit. Previous there was ADM role also held aspects of fire, forest management, wildlife in terms of the science and other aspects, quite a large portfolio. By having a new ADM regional operations, you've got some separation there as well for sensitive matters such as enforcement which really is an area that upon which itself in terms of being dealt with under those enforcement functions in our -- the legal aspects of this, so some separation there is positive in that space. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Thanks. Yeah, I'm going to have questions about the reorg throughout, but I will save them for the other applicable sections.
Can the department provide additional details on the transfer of the surface rights boards. What were the main drivers of this change? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Jessica St. Arnaud
Thank you, Madam Chair. It's just an administrative process change. So the director used administer the contribution agreement, and now finance will. Thank you, Madam Chair.