Thank you, Minister. To the Member Yellowknife North.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. So final question here, hopefully, so it sounds like that the North Slave regional training partnership was not really the thing or the vehicle to be able to make those kinds of things happen. It hasn't been decided that it works well enough for ECE to directly provide that support and be liaising with contractors and -- and that we don't need these kind of special, you know, training partnerships or other vehicles set up, or is there an eye to try to set up some new initiative or organization or working group or committee or something to try to ensure that some momentum is gained around increasing northern employment on these projects? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to the Member. Minister.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, just because this role is not currently filled and has sunset does not mean that this work has stopped. As I mentioned to the Member for Great Slave, we're increasing funding in this area. As we go forward, this is an area where I want to see more and more opportunities and I, you know, look forward to coming back to Members of this House and letting them know I've spent all the workforce development training dollars and because that means that Northerners are receiving the training that they need in order to fill the roles that we need filled in the territory to capture a lot of this economic development opportunity.

I think what it comes down to, especially when, you know, we don't and nor should we have kind of a bricks-and-mortar training institution in every single community across the territory. That's not realistic. What, though, is realistic is making sure that people are doing -- are able to access training, doing training on the job, so that we are -- we have Northerners working, we are succeeding in gaining the opportunities from these projects, that we are also at the end of the day ensuring that Northerners are ending up with further education, further training, further certifications, that they need to continue to grab hold of these procurement opportunities. And so we want to make sure that from one opportunity to the next these skill sets and these certifications are transferable, are importable, and then at the same time, you know, that this is not just something that is -- for example for Giant Mine, this is something that is needed when we're talking about Mackenzie Valley Highway, when we're talking about other opportunities that come to this territory, that we're being purposeful in the training that is needed. Because we know that we need workers, that we need people in this territory. We know that, you know, for example, our nominee program does not begin to fill our labour needs, and we need to make sure that we as Northerners are filling these roles as best we can across the territory. Thank you.

Thank you to the Minister. Moving on, any further questions? Seeing none, please turn to page 52.

Education, Culture and Employment, labour development and standards, $18,666,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Moving on to languages, culture, on page 56, with information items on 58 to 60. Are there any questions? To the Member, Great Slave.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. As the Minister knows, culture and heritage, near and dear to my heart.

In the business plan, there is a piece around planning to include heritage resources in emergency planning and that draft steps to implement planning are expected in summer of 2026. Could the Minister provide a scope of work on that particular item insofar as I assume it's heritage resources contemplated in both institutions as well as perhaps archaeological pieces, but I just would like to seek some clarity around that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to the Member Great Slave. To the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd love to talk about workforce development until the bison come home, but for this one I will pass to the deputy.

Thank you, Minister. Deputy minister.

Thank you, deputy minister. To the Member Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, you know, we're gonna make the Minister a passionate fan of culture and heritage if it's the last thing I do. That's good to hear. And I just declare one more point of clarity, Mr. Chair. Will we be seeing steps on -- or draft steps to implement as committee in summer of 2026? Thank you.

Thank you to the Member, Great Slave. To the Minister.

I'd like to pass to the deputy, please, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. To the deputy minister.

Thank you, deputy minister. To the Member.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So in the business plan, it says summer 2026. Is that still on time? Thank you.

Thank you to the Member Great Slave. To the Minister.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair. The answer is yes.

Okay, thank you, Minister. To the Member Great Slave.

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. And to the main estimates, I believe the only real substantive pieces that have changed from the previous main estimates to this main estimates in terms of dollar figure is an increase to Francophone services for the educational authorities, Aurora College and WSCC in provision of services in French, and possibly the reduction is with two staff, one full-time and one part-time. Is that really the only money that is being moved around right now? Thank you, Mr. Chair.