Got to change these riding names, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I wanted to talk about the film industry rebate program. This is a really good program, and I support it fully, and I think the film strategy has come a very long way and it always has a lot of success. But it's succeeding in a very -- like, it's scratching the surface of our potential. And I think the key is this rebate program and at this point, I think it's the -- the funding is useful for those kind of small northern driven films which deserve to be supported, but we're never going to see production companies choose to base their productions here for the money alone when it's funded to this degree. Is there -- and what I mean by that is, you know, our natural beauty and the uniqueness of the setting brings people here. They choose the Northwest Territories because it's spectacular, but they don't come here because of the film credit. So is there a way we can take our natural advantage of being a spectacular destination for filming and bump this rebate up so we can start to see more productions come here and all the benefits that come from that, all the economic spinoffs and multiply our job creation, the industries that grow up around it as well. I know firsthand that this could be incredibly transformative, especially for small communities. Thank you.
Kieron Testart 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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Committee Motion 30-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025
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