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.
February 14th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5272 Oral Questions
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
February 17th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5369 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
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
February 16th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5353 Ministers' Statements
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.
February 10th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5194 Oral Questions
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
February 17th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5369 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
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
February 17th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5367 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
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
February 16th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5366 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah, again, as I echoed, said before, I think you would definitely find support from the Regular Members for more money into that. We often talk about getting money into communities, etcetera, is better for our economy than having it sit in the government
February 16th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5366 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Member's Statement 1370-19(2): Cabin Radio . On Wednesday, 42 months after submission, the Canadian Radio, Television and Telecommunications Commission, or the CRTC, informed Cabin Radio that Yellowknife's economy could not sustain a new commercial FM radio station therefore ending Cabin Radio's bid for FM status. One of the most
February 16th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5354 Members' Statements
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
February 13th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5215 Ministers' Statements
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Mr. Chair, yeah, I guess we're going to have to agree -- continue to agree to disagree. So where does the remediation economy fit into all this stuff? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
February 17th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5370 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Member's Statement 1366-19(2): Increasing the Population of the Northwest Territories Smith, Fort Resolution, Whati, Fort Providence, and Tuktoyaktuk. Sustaining and growing our population would benefit our economy and society in so many ways, Madam Speaker. It would help boost economic opportunities and growth. Employers, including our government, would be able
February 15th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5311 Members' Statements
Question 1374-19(2): Critical Minerals Strategy this" and "we're going to improve the economy by doing things such as this," but there really isn't a lot of sort of tangible actionable items in the plan. Given that the Northwest Territories contains a lot of those critical minerals needed for Canada's green energy strategy, can the Minister
February 15th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5315 Oral Questions
Member's Statement 1352-19(2): Municipal Funding Gap . Increased funding directly to communities will build local economy and autonomy. Increased support direct to communities allows communities to focus on critical social, sport and recreation programs, and services for our children and youth, as well as pay a living wage to their workers
February 14th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5261 Members' Statements
Question 1346-19(2): Carbon Taxation we can't do. So what else can we do? Again, we're trying to target residents so that they have the spending power to go out and keep the economy churning, trying to ensure that the large emitters, who would be otherwise under the federal system, are able to adapt so that they can
February 10th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5197 Oral Questions