Committee Motion 371-19(2): Tabled Document 813-19(2): 2023-2024 Main Estimates - Legislative Assembly - Deferral of Department (Page 5), Carried  , expanding waste diversion programs, and support for the traditional economy including the Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur Program;Contributing to the GNWT-wide efforts to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and support regional based decision-making

Member's Statement 1418-19(2): Giant Mine Remediation   investments - maybe just a little more effort and certainty. The oversight board estimates the remediation project will spend around $240 million annually in the next 15 years. That's a huge investment into our economy, and northern businesses need information to be ready to bid

Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act   for the goods and service tax, which is charged on top of the carbon tax. The carbon tax also makes it harder to reach their other economic goals like recovering from the pandemic, kick-starting the population growth, attracting investment, and diversifying the economy. Committee is worried

Minister's Statement 347-19(2): Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership   in Northwest Territories agriculture as a growing sector of our economy. Since 2003, the GNWT has partnered with the federal government to provide financial resources and cross-jurisdictional supports to encourage the growth and sustainability of the agricultural and agri-food sector

Question 1413-19(2): Mining Royalties  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm glad the Member got my name right. It was the Minister of mines earlier and that of course doesn't exist. There is the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Investment, sometimes known as Minister for the economy for which I'm responsible

Member's Statement 1481-19(2): Advancing Infrastructure Projects   unspent on the table. If we truly want to deal with our infrastructure deficit, better coordination and more forward thinking would help to get more projects underway and stimulate the flagging economy. Mr. Speaker, whenever I look through the capital estimates, I note

Minister's Statement 298-19(2): Sessional Statement - February 2023  , and environmental well-being, while doing our part to transition to a lower carbon economy. The GNWT, with the assistance of the federal government, plans to invest approximately $194 million to implement the 2030 Energy Strategy over the next three years. This is on top of the approximately

Question 1372-19(2): Cameron Hills Gas Field Enviromental Liabilities   for a government that says it wants to support a remediation economy and then the work goes elsewhere. So can the Minister tell us how the work at Cameron Hills is supporting the remediation economy of the Northwest Territories? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters   that empowers and drives community economic development and in a measurable fashion. They are expected to be completed this Assembly by -- certainly before the August session, if not hopefully even sooner, much sooner than that. And the knowledge economy versus innovation, Mr. Chair, I

Minister's Statement 311-19(2): Update on Film Projects   to attract these larger productions to the territory by providing producers with a rebate on labour and expenditures. Since 2015, the program has supported 17 productions leveraging a direct spend of over $5 million into the Northwest Territories economy. It is not just feature films

Question 1343-19(2): Oil and Gas Development in Nunakput Constituency   talking about releasing the results publicly. And hopefully they will be looking at working with the GNWT to build our economy because they can't take the major economy from the Beaufort Delta and not substitute it, Mr. Speaker. On that, I'll just stop. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thanks, Mr. Chair. So let's talk about the knowledge economy piece. I think somehow the name's been morphed into something called the innovation action plan, which I really don't understand what it means. But I think it gives the connotation that somehow something has to be new

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters   maybe are not directly affiliated with the plant but who also support the plant. Which brings me to SEED. And so, again, in terms of what one of my colleagues noted was the decline in SEED with the removal of the COVID supports. My concern is that with the economy where it is right

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I like this area of the budget. It's really the place where -- given my -- or really the Minister's reply that I gave to the budget address today, we can tell that the non-diversification of our economy is quite concerning with the sunsetting of the diamond

Minister's Statement 303-19(2): Advancing the Conservation Network in the Northwest Territories   stewardship of the world's eighth-largest lake and much of its watershed and reflected meaningful steps forward for reconciliation. Mr. Speaker, ensuring that we have a strong economy is essential to ensuring the people of the Northwest Territories, in all communities, have meaningful