Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do not question the capacity of our staff. We have professionals that know exactly what they are doing. I have had the privilege of working with them in my time as the Environment Minister. I know that they are very passionate about what they do. I know th

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I understand the importance of protection of the caribou herd. We live amongst the caribou herd, so we understand the protection. I have heard from a lot of the elders in the regions that I have travelled to about the protection of the caribou herd. This is

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. That particular level of detail, I don't quite have, but my understanding is that there is going to be a fire behavioural specialist that would be able to work with the department in trying to understand the fire behaviour. If there are ways that we can inco

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. In our tour of Tlicho and listening to some of our Indigenous partners, they talked about our ability to do the herd composition surveys, and I think we had made a commitment that we were going to try to get out a bit more. The herd composition survey is app

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, thank you. I did make a commitment to the Member that I would get the information and share it with him. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would assume that they are full-time because, as I mentioned earlier, there were three positions, $589,000, plus there was also $150,000 in contract services. I would assume that they would be full-time positions. However, I want to make sure that I do pro

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. These would be in the Executive and Indigenous Affairs branch here in Yellowknife. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Compensation and benefits, there are three positions for a total of $589,000; contract services, $150,000; the travel is $95,000. As to where, I am still looking for it, but that should explain where some of the money is going, some of the positions that are

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. We do not have that level of detail, but, if the Member wishes, I can work with the department to try to provide that information to the Member. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. My understanding is we will not be coming forward with any more up supplementary appropriation requests before the end of this particular Assembly. As to what's going to happen once the new Assembly comes in, I cannot speak for them, but I know, as far

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Before I go to Mr. Stewart to provide the information, I would like to make a correction. Mr. Jamie Koe is the comptroller general, and he is also moving on to become the deputy secretary to the FMB, and then we will be staffing a comptroller general. I just

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my immediate right, I have Mr. David Stewart, who is the deputy minister of Finance and secretary to the FMB. To my left, I have Mr. Jamie Koe, who is the Comptroller General, Department of Finance, Government of the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2019-2020. This document proposes an increase of $32.1 million to the 2019-2020 operating budget. The major items included in these supplementary estimates are: $22.1 million fo

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We had a budget of $345,000. The actual expenditures were about $97,000. The amount that we are looking for is $248,000. It says that the contract is in place for the project, and significant expenses have been incurred. As to the detail of the work that ha

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The contract is in place. The carry-over will be needed to complete project. As to the details of the completion of the project, I am not quite sure what they are. Thank you, Mr. Chair.