Thank you, Mr. Chair. In follow-up to the Minister's comments, yes, the knowledge economy has, you know, evolved into the innovation action plan, and we are still very actively working on this. I'm happy to report that there's been a new development called the NWT Innovation Collective, which was launched in January of 2024 in partnership with Wilfred Laurier University, and it brings together government, academia, and industry, and we believe this will be a really important partnership to move a lot of the actions forward. Some of the areas that, you know, we think are going to be key here are creating microclusters, such as in the agriculture sector and potentially also the manufacturing sector. So those are our areas that we're looking at. And, for example, there is microcluster funding from ISET in the federal government being administered through some NGOs that could be beneficial for those two areas. So that work will advance. It's still in its infancy, but that is what we're looking towards having really be leading this work. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Pamela Strand 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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