Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Woodworth. That's a very good question. Going forward, we see the path is working with FFMC and the fishermen who are on Great Slave Lake. We've had a great deal of success with Growing Forward. I'm not sure if your committee is familiar with Growing Forward. Late last year we signed another agreement, Growing Forward 2, on agriculture.

Fisheries committee  Yes. That's correct. Even after devolution, Mr. Woodworth, we won't have the financial flexibility as a government to.... If you look at the building Canada plan, a great deal of our success recently has rested on federal programs. After devolution, that situation will continue.

Fisheries committee  Thanks for the question, Mr. Chisholm. We have a very robust traditional economy division within the department, focusing on fur. We also have programs such as Take a Kid Trapping and Take a Kid Harvesting. We spend a lot of money promoting the traditional economy here in the NWT.

Fisheries committee  That's good, Mr. Chisholm. As you probably already know, I'm the Minister of Transportation as well, so I know what it costs us, what impact climate change has on our transportation infrastructure in the NWT, and what are the repairs needed on an annual basis to our roads because of permafrost.

Fisheries committee  First and foremost we'd like to see more investment here in the Northwest Territories. As I mentioned in my opening comments, the plant in Hay River is in desperate need of repair or even a new replacement facility. We've met with the FFMC. We believe there is a way forward and that we can work with the FFMC.

Fisheries committee  Thanks. That's a great question, Mr. Sopuck. Just yesterday I had dinner with the head of NWT Tourism. We talked about a new marketing campaign that NWT Tourism is going to initiate on fishing. We used to get many more tourists into the Northwest Territories to fish. We've seen that go on a sharp decline.

Fisheries committee  We've done some work on that, Mr. Sopuck. Mr. Colford has more of a history with the department when it comes to aquaculture, so perhaps I'll turn to him on that.

Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chisholm. Our focus is to continue moving toward implementation of the devolution deal. That should happen by April of next year. We have a lot of things in the works right now in preparation for getting us ready for April of next year. We've had numerous cabinet meetings.

Fisheries committee  Thanks, Mr. Sopuck. It would be limited. We have Great Bear Lake a little further north, but because of the cold, fish take a long time to grow in that lake. There might be some opportunity in the Mackenzie River, but it would be limited. We believe Great Slave Lake is the most viable of our options here in the NWT.

Fisheries committee  We think it's really good. We've made some strides trying to get local take-up of the fish. I hear in Yellowknife it's easy; the fishermen are able to sell it here in Yellowknife. We're looking to expand that operation. We've also put some mobile fish and meat processing units into the communities at Deline and Fort Good Hope.

Fisheries committee  Thank you. We can check my schedule. This is on the fly, so if I'm not available, we'll make sure that we have staff available to answer any questions. I may have to go, Mr. Chairman, but we'll have somebody here.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do recognize a little bit of a Saint John accent there. My accent has gone a little bit, but I'm originally from Saint John, so it's good to know that the chair is from the great city of Saint John. Mr. Chairman, my name is David Ramsay. I'm the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment with the Government of the Northwest Territories.