Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, one of the things that I have learned very quickly about ITI is ITI is very much a connector department, and so it plays a very strong role with connecting other departments within the GNWT, connecting, you know, grassroots, organic funding like the SEED program, to other funding mechanisms through CanNor and such, by connecting smaller grassroots programming -- or funding programs, like manufacturing funding, SEED funding, you know, even if it's an agriculture microcluster, for example, you've got the SCAP funding. But when it comes to housing, if you have a community who really wants to play a vital role -- and I mean, there are communities represented here who have approached me about doing, for example, trades programming in order -- in their home community in order to facilitate building housing, and so now all of a sudden, you've got ITI that is acting as a connector between multiple departments, between multiple funding entities, whether it's through federal government or even just the GNWT and then private sector that are bringing those together and creating essentially a housing hub or a housing microcluster in communities. And so whether or not that is for a specific part of housing or if it is seeing a housing project just for that community from start to finish, there's great opportunities for ITI to continue to play that role and to really play the connector piece on how do we start that's industries and really see them flourish by bringing all those funding pieces together.
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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