The Member covered off a lot of ground, but I’ll try to go back over it. We do have to continue our support to jewellery makers and we’re happy to have jewellery workshops. I know we talked a long time about having those and we got those off the ground last year. We’re happy to do that. We’d have to continue to support that sector.
Also, on the fur side, we are now responsible for marketing fur. The other side of that has gone over to ENR, and we will continue to work with ENR on that.
We continue to be, and have been, a major sponsor of the Great Northern Arts Festival in Inuvik. I know the Member spoke of our $25,000 contribution and the possibility that that’s not enough money. That’s something we can take back to the region. We’ll take his comments away with us today and see what we can come up with there.
On whether or not we’ve had an economic conference here in the Northwest Territories, it typically happens by sector. The Chamber of Commerce would have an event that I’d be invited to speak at and, on the agriculture side, the Territorial Farmers’ Association. Also, we have an Economic Development Practitioners Conference that we help host, so I’ve attended those. So there are a number of things that happen every year. NWT Tourism has their annual general meeting that I’m at, and Geoscience as well. So there’s a number of events throughout the year that I get to and I speak at.
The idea of having one big conference, I think, is something that, you know, as we move on maybe it might bear some fruit.
I thank the Member for his comments and his continued support in us growing the economy here. Thank you.