Budget Address   projects in transportation and energy are advancing, and opportunities rising across a diversity of economic sectors. A strong economic foundation requires a diversified economy to reduce the risks created by outside events beyond our control. We all want a territory where people

Member's Statement 187-20(1): Future of Polytechnic University   a diversified economy needs to be foremost on our mind, and we can't just assume it'll show up here on its own. Mr. Speaker, here is an unclear situation. Is the GNWT truly behind the polytech? If you ask Aurora College, it looks strangely unclear, because they have a different perspective

Member's Statement 294-20(1): Economic Vision for the Northwest Territories  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to highlight a recent report by Greenland's Economic Council on the current state of Greenland's economy and recommendations related to economic transition and sustainability. I want to highlight this report as it relates

Member's Statement 274-20(1): Gravel Source near Tsiigehtchic   to the community and readily available at a competitive price. While Tsiigehtchic has that gravel source right in its backyard, extracting this source will benefit the community in many ways like training, employment, and this venture will help the economy of the NWT. Mr. Speaker, today

Committee Motion 30-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, you know, I think that I spent a tremendous amount of time in the last term actually looking up knowledge economy and trying to figure out what people actually meant. So I hear the Member in that kind of the piece in there about really

Committee Motion 30-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We've been talking about building our economy in our committees and their deliberations. It's important that we help build our economy within each community, within each region, as a territory as a whole, but when you look at these SEED programs

Committee Motion 30-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The next thing I wanted to chat about is just the contributions part, advancing the knowledge economy. So they've got a hundred thousand set for that this year. I note that they've cut it a little bit from the past. And can the Minister kind of describe

Member's Statement 276-20(1): Impacts on Businessess of Cancelled Marine Transportation Services Season  , and potentially millions more in future losses. Several millions in losses will also be felt throughout reduced indirect spending at accommodations, groceries, restaurants. Mr. Speaker, our region's disposal economy is terrible and gone. Mr. Speaker, the Sahtu people are resilient

Bill 8: An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act, Carried   to students without increasing the requirement to return back to the NWT to contribute to our economy to repay the loan? By raising the funding cap for students, we are allowing students to leave the NWT for longer periods of time with no incentive to return to the NWT and work in between

Mr. Nerysoo's Reply   in becoming less reliant on the government and help the economy grow. I am enthusiastic in the approach that this government is taking in regards to education. Education is the fundamental part of our communities in having a sustainable economy, a healthy community, and a healthy

Committee Motion 30-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025   that goes towards building a stronger economy through resource development is a benefit, and when you have -- I know we're in fiscal restraint, so we have to make wise use of our dollars. And, again, a times eight multiplier is a significant -- significantly good return on investment. So

Committee Motion 30-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025  -stakeholder. So it has IGs, Canada, GNWT departments, and the city of Yellowknife. Other projects, like the remediation economy for example, there's a project that has federal SPIDE funding, and that one is led by CIRNAC. They're working with the college and ECE on, you know, doing

Committee Motion 30-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025  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

Motion 29-20(1): Municipal Block Land Transfer, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, land is so crucial to the Northwest Territories. Land is life for the First Peoples who have called the NWT home since time immemorial. And for a modern economy or any economy really, access to land is at its core. We have a unique land

Member's Statement 271-20(1): Mining Week 2024   diamond mines. These mines have contributed $23 billion to the NWT's economy since 1999 and have spent $16 billion on procurement from NWT businesses alone with over $7 billion going to Indigenous owned businesses. Since 2015, the GNWT has collected an average of $90 million from