Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since this was announced about a year ago, I've had numerous meetings with Minister Blair, the Minister of National Defence and with other federal Ministers, and we have -- along with the other northern Premiers, we have been lobbying the federal government to enlarge and advance more quickly their investments in the northern operational support hubs. I believe it was $218 million is the number that was in the original plan, and that was mostly to be spent in the final years of that plan. And so we've been advocating to get that money spent sooner than later. In the meantime, we actually have hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of investments from the Department of National Defence in infrastructure projects in the territory currently underway. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
R.J. Simpson on Question 621-20(1): Federal Defence Spending in the Northwest Territories
In the Legislative Assembly on March 11th, 2025. See this statement in context.
Question 621-20(1): Federal Defence Spending in the Northwest Territories
Oral Questions
March 11th, 2025
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