Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Arts and crafts are but one piece. They are the first piece. It was in the interest of responding to the NWT Arts Strategy that we move forward on this. As I indicated the last time in the House we had this discussion, I have underway the BDIC is travelling to regions conducting a business program and service review to understand the types of programs that we are delivering. We want to know how they are working, whether or not they're still relevant. One of the things they are talking about is manufacturing in the North. We do want to move forward on a manufacturing strategy, but it has to make sense. You can imagine that there's got to be a lot of discussion around what percentage of value added does a product need to be in order to be considered NWT manufactured? There's a big difference between building cabinetry, for instance, from scratch and order cabinetry from the South and putting doors or doorknobs on it, and we have to have some discussion around what qualifies as NWT manufactured. So we are undertaking that discussion, as well, Mr. Speaker, but it's more complex than the arts and crafts piece which is why it has not rolled out as quickly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Brendan Bell on Question 363-15(4): Made-in-the-nwt Branding Initiatives
In the Legislative Assembly on February 8th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 363-15(4): Made-in-the-nwt Branding Initiatives
Question 363-15(4): Made-in-the-nwt Branding Initiatives
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 7th, 2006
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