Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last year ITI invested over $5 million in direct grants and contributions to tourism-related business and initiatives in the NWT. Funding is available to qualified businesses under a number of programs, one of them being the Community Tourism Coordinator program, this one we've just announced that helps communities advance regional product development and packaging. We fund specific marketing arrangements with the NWT Tourism, which helps all the members of NWT Tourism and it allows the regions to market and promote products in their regions and operations. We're always investing in capacity of our regions and our operators to promote themselves and their businesses.
This year we've leveraged a partnership with CanNor to deliver regional workshops on transforming NWT communities through tourism, and regional tourism advisors exists in every regional office to work with operators directly. We continue to deliver the Community Tourism Infrastructure Contribution program to encourage the development of community tourism and infrastructure in all regions in the NWT. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.