Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think that we want to be able to focus more keenly on tourism, and that, I hope, will involve more money going forward, but I need to be able to go back to the Financial Management Board with a compelling case given the strain on resources and the competing needs for resources. That case, I think, will be built around this product inventory. I need to be able to explain to my colleagues that we do need to focus as much resource as possible on helping people in communities develop product. This is one of the reasons we talked around the BDIC and the flexibility that that new mechanism will allow, because really small business opportunities, many of them, we believe and hope, we'll be able to focus on the tourism area. So we think there's a lot of potential there; but as I sit down to make this case, I need to be able to explain that we've dealt with overlap issues in relation to the NWTAT and the department and make sure that our delivery mechanism makes sense. My colleagues are going to want to hear that as I make the case for new resources that we've thought this through and we know how to most effectively spend the money that we're hoping to get. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Question 229-15(3): Addressing Tourism In The Nwt
In the Legislative Assembly on October 15th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 229-15(3): Addressing Tourism In The Nwt
Question 229-15(3): Addressing Tourism In The Nwt
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 14th, 2004
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