Deputy minister Jenkins.
Debates of March 4th, 2025
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Robert Jenkins
Thank you, Madam Chair. So one of the areas is the excepted waste sites. We've got an agreement with Canada that expires, I believe, in March 31st, 2026, and so we're in the process of sort of negotiating dollars for some of the historic accepted sites that are included in the devolution agreement. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Shauna Morgan Yellowknife North
Okay. Thanks for that. That's something we can follow up on in our discussions.
Under the transboundary waters -- the line item under transboundary waters, can the Minister explain why last year's revised estimates went way up to $1.18 million. Perhaps just jog our memory, and then why we're back down to 285 for this coming year. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Jay MacDonald Thebacha
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll pass that to director St. Arnaud. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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St. Arnaud
Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. So the biggest thing with transboundary is there's a transboundary bilateral water management agreement with a few different provinces, and those groups meet frequently to decide what projects they're going to be doing. So that budget will fluctuate based on availability of contractors, coming up plans for the next fiscal year. So you'll see every year the revised will be different as we load a certain amount of money for those projects each year. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Shauna Morgan Yellowknife North
We do share a lake. Thank you, Madam Chair. Can the Minister give any more specifics on what happened last year that cost the $1.18 million under transboundary waters. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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St. Arnaud
Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. I don't have specifics on me right now, so we'll have to get back to the Member on that question. Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Shauna Morgan Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. So I'll -- my final question here, my colleague was talking about the environmental audit, and we see here that there's no money at least listed in the budget to cover the cost of doing the NWT environmental audit. And my impression was that this was a year when we were going to be doing a new audit. Can the Minister explain whether we are intending to do the environmental audit independent review this coming year, and if so, where the money's going to be coming from. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Jay MacDonald Thebacha
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, that specific item is under the accumulative impact monitoring program, and it's part of the $3.65 million. I will pass to deputy minister Jenkins to provide a little bit more detail. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Jenkins
Thank you, Madam Chair. So just to give a little bit of status update on the 2025 audit, so we will be doing some engagement up until the end of March, then the auditor will be preparing and drafting the final report -- sorry, engagement happened last year. The auditor is still preparing and drafting the report. We hope that we would have a final audit report and recommendations released to the public this October. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I am curious about the status of the negotiations for the excepted waste sites. Could we get an update on those sites. Thank you.
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