Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the NWT Development Corporation is the sole owner of the Arctic Canada Trading Company Limited. It was established in the early '90s and has been involved with businesses to acquire the different arts and crafts from the surrounding communities for resale. Last fall, a corporate sales policy was developed and approved by the board and sent to me and I agreed with it. The policy allowed the Arctic Trading Company Limited to engage in corporate sales within the NWT as well as to GNWT departments. In the fall of 2002, a brochure went out that offered corporate discounts off retail for orders made in November. This practice was negatively received by four Yellowknife retailers and numerous meetings and letters passed between the retailers and the corporation without any final resolution. I just want to say that the campaign we put on didn't result in any sales at all. Nobody really took it up. We've invited the retailers to be a member of the NWT arts and crafts, to sit on the board of the corporation. To date, no one has come forward to accept this offer, so we are still at that stage. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Jim Antoine on Standing Committee On Governance And Economic Development Comments
In the Legislative Assembly on March 4th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Standing Committee On Governance And Economic Development Comments
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 3rd, 2003
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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