Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Well, Mr. Chair, I can definitely say that the staff that work on trade within ITI have had an incredibly busy year. We currently sit -- the Northwest Territories is currently the chair on the committee of internal trade, and we've already had thre

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Well, Mr. Chair, I'm not shy to ask for money; that's for sure, and I'm sure my Cabinet colleagues would confirm that. In my short time as Minister of ITI, we've managed to take this fund from $100,000 to $500,000 and now this year to $1 million.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. And thank you to the Member for the question. I'd like to start off by acknowledging that it has certainly been a very difficult time for the Sahtu with the cancellation of the barge season and the impacts of climate change on Sahtu communities. T

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. This isn't additional staff. It's additional compensation and benefits through the UNW collective agreement. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So that is certainly my hope for every single one of the subsidiaries, that they are supported to develop business plans and business practices that make them wholly independent from Prosper NWT. I have asked the Prosper NWT, along with their board

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, companies like Dene Fur Cloud are a subsidiary of Prosper NWT so is not counted in that previous area that I identified. So there a number of subsidiaries that Prosper NWT does support, and they are certainly for-profit companies, an

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. So the programs and services afforded by Prosper NWT are everything from debt financing, which is primarily in the form of loans, venture investments, digital support programs, and also business services. So for example in the form of accounting or human res

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, between April 2005 to March 2024, Prosper NWT has supported 741 businesses across the Northwest Territories. So I certainly couldn't list them all out here but -- and then through those 741 businesses, they have disbursed approximate

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So I think the question is in regards to when would the government not use a local BIP'd company or -- yes? Okay. So the government puts out tenders through procurement shared services over in the Department of Finance. And then depending on what

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So we are up to a total of 1400 businesses in the Northwest Territories.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, yes, there's data; however, the finer details of that data would be better -- questions better placed to my colleague from the Department of Finance. They're the ones who maintain that policy and maintain the data that goes with it. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, yes, it has come into force but it's being implemented in a phased approach. So for contracts over $250,000, it has been implemented and enforced. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, we have the vendor performance policy that was implemented. This is the first step through what the Member is referring to and having some teeth in that. That policy is held over in the Department of Finance, and we have been co-host

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, myself and department staff have a very good working relationship with CanNor, and we are always looking for ways to identify new funds and use ITI funds in a stackable way. We're always looking to maximize our investment in anything tha

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. And I love this question because I love the opportunity to talk about the fact that we have a diverse economy in the Northwest Territories and really what we're doing at this point is ensuring that we're supporting the diversity of our economy. And