Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. I guess I'm happy to hear that 70 percent of it will go to the northern tourism operators. I guess it's that remaining 30 percent, and there's a debate here. You know, NWT tourism, many of its members' operations are not based in the south -- or not based in the NWT, they're based in the south and they fly clients in, and I kinda get that the money can be spent here. But it doesn't always get circulated in the NWT economy, especially not in the way a northern tourism operator does. And when I look at, you know, a lot of the other ITI programs, they require you to be northern-owned companies. They require 50 percent ownership. There's a number of different ways you can make sure that the -- you know, there's some definition of "northern business". Why did we not do that for this program? Thank you, Madam Chair.
Rylund Johnson on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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