Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I very much believe that child and family services is, given the changes that health and social services wants to implement, a form of preventative care because we've all seen research that says, when you invest in kids, when you invest in famili

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. I would be curious to know if the Minister can speak to what it would cost for them to be able to address the issues raised in the Auditor General's report? Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I have a couple of questions for this page. It's a very expensive page in our book. It's very obvious that health has a lot of fabulous health and social programs, and one of the ones we've heard the most about in the last few years has been the

Question 253-19(2): SEED Funding During COVID-19 Pandemic  As I alluded to in my Member's statement today, one of the most difficult parts about this policy is the market-disruption clause. Is the Minister willing to suspend or remove the market-disruption provision in the SEED policy so that existing NWT businesses can be assured of acc

Question 253-19(2): SEED Funding During COVID-19 Pandemic  Can the Minister speak to what is the maximum amount available to an eligible business under SEED, and can an applicant seek funding under more than one of these entrepreneur support categories?

Question 253-19(2): SEED Funding During COVID-19 Pandemic  According to the backgrounder that accompanied the announcement of top-up funding, I quote, "a flexible approach shall be taken to the provision of SEED strategic initiative funding, with an allowable funding range between $30,000 and $70,000." However, the ITI SEED program webpa

Question 253-19(2): SEED Funding During COVID-19 Pandemic  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment. In relation to my Member's statement today, I'd like to talk about the SEED funding. Is the department tracking how many applications for SEED funding are being submitted specific

Tourism  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was happy to hear the Minister just now speak of SEED funding, and I'd like to take that a step further with her today. Mr. Speaker, our NWT businesses need aggressive, innovative stimulus programs and an influx of cash so they can start the long journe

Question 240-19(2): Business Advisory Council  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Should this be made public, which I hope it will be, is there an appeal process that the department has thought about, for if members of the business community would like to be able to be more readily involved or would like to be able to provide

Question 240-19(2): Business Advisory Council  Is it safe to assume that the membership, along with the terms of reference, will then be made public during our sitting this time around?

Question 240-19(2): Business Advisory Council  Does the Minister have an idea when we will see the first meeting of the business advisory council?

Question 240-19(2): Business Advisory Council  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment. On March 20th, the GNWT announced a $13.2 million economic relief package for NWT businesses. This plan committed the GNWT to creating a business advisory council. This council ha

Business Advisory Council and Support for Small Businesses  Mr. Speaker, it has not been lost on me that, had this pandemic occurred a year ago, I would have been amongst those northern business owners facing little option for financial support and the threat of closing my business. Being a business owner in the North is a challenge. In

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I noticed here in the description of this, as well, it talks about how this is where we would talk about federal funding agreements. Right now, we have on our list of priorities three fairly hefty strategic infrastructure projects. I know that yo

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Just to confirm, both of those positions were added to headquarters? Thank you.