Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, microclusters are these basically, like, individual business entities that kind of grow and generate themselves within different communities. So, for example, you know, if I travelled to community X, Y, Z, and they're saying, you know, we're really interested in getting agriculture going, we really see the potential, and that starts to generate and you end up with this microcluster of an agriculture industry within that one community that grows and supports itself and evolves from there, and Hay River is a great example of that where, you know, you've got a lot on the go in this community, everything from eggs to wheat to berry trees and all the rest of it. So there's a lot of really neat things going on. And so they're essentially economic hubs that occur in our communities. And I think one of the things that's really important about those is they end up being resident driven, which is what you need, really, in order to have a successful business; you need that heart and hustle. And so if the residents are driving that economic hub or that economic microcluster, the chances of it succeeding are way, way greater than if, you know, somebody else is deciding for a community what their industry is going to be. I think it's really important that where people want to put their time and their energy and their sweat and -- their blood, sweat, and tears, so to say, it need to be personally driven by community members for it to succeed. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Caitlin Cleveland on Committee Motion 30-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025
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