Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I'd like to move on to the labour market programs. One of the programs that's in the labour market programs is the nominee program. One of the things that I hear about most often in the constituency that I serve is people concerned, especially right now with COVID, that we're going to lose a lot of people from the Northwest Territories over the course of the next one to two years. What this program, the nominee program, supports is people who are moving from out-of-country to Canada, and so that's an investment that the GNWT has decided to make. However, what I hear is that it's a lot easier to work through immigration programs in places like Manitoba and Newfoundland, and so we might actually stand not only to lose Canadians who have decided to move up to the Northwest Territories, but also people from other parts of the world who have moved up to the Northwest Territories. That stands to kind of create a perfect storm when it comes to our federal transfer dollars, so I am wondering: is this enough to support our investment of bringing people to the territory? Thank you.
Caitlin Cleveland on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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