Thank you, Mr. Chair. So a few aspects that we will be looking at to obtain some outside services in helping with is around educating Canada about the NWT. So one of the aspects of the federal engagement strategy is to demonstrate and share where the NWT could be a model for Canada in areas such as Indigenous rights, recognition, reconciliation, and government-to-government relationships, co-management, and revenue sharing.
So the main audience would be the federal public service but also thought leaders and academics, looking at seeding some academic research around the unique NWT models and results being achieved, support for public conversations and awareness workshops and panels on northern models and issues, and opportunities for federal officials, as I said earlier, to learn about the NWT through learning events within the public service or other forums that could include support for bringing federal officials to the NWT; looking at producing some materials to help to tell our story. This is primarily research and design, translation, and printing fact sheets and other information that can be used in meetings with federal officials and others to graphically illustrate key issues in the context for decision-making. Some of the areas that we will probably look to focus on will be the NWT economy, territorial programs and service financing, and intersecting of financing with the Indigenous governments; an illustration on how the GNWT mandates priorities on infrastructure; sustainable development; and how people can contribute to the priorities; Canada's priorities for sustainable economic growth and jobs; other research and expert support.
There are new and emerging issues for which the GNWT is not typically known to have capacity for and expertise in Ottawa. This again could include commissioning and receiving research on areas that help bolster our decisions with federal counterparts. Expenditures in this area could also be used to help us consider the implications of domestic and international policy changes that the federal government was bringing through the Arctic Policy Framework. We know that the whole international area with respect to the Arctic is increasingly becoming important to Canada. We have to better understand our role in that, how the broader world economy may impact us. Again, educating the world about the NWT.
Another way to engage the attention of the federal officials is through participation in international forums for both public forums and Cabinet, such as the Arctic Council and the Arctic Circle. This would be used, as I said, again, to have expertise that we don't currently have in the government to help us with that endeavour. Thank you.