Bob McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We provide $3.3 million to NWT Tourism, and we’re always looking at ways to improve our program. If building community infrastructure… Sort of if you build it they will come. Generally we take the approach of having tourism products developed. We have a large focus on Aboriginal tourism right now and certainly the community tourism infrastructure is fully subscribed as well. Whatever opportunities we have to increase our tourism products, we try to take advantage of that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We think the current model works quite well. The region knows best who to support. The regions support individuals to attend NFTI. As I said, there’s other models; we could centralize it in Hay River and have them provide all the funding. But we don’t see it as a problem for having to apply to a number of different pots. Actually, I think it works quite well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It’s not under the contributions; it’s under O and M. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I was going to say it’s a good thing you didn’t have horns, but it might be taken the wrong way, so...

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Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories has made a commitment in its mandate to finalize and implement the Commercial Fishery Revitalization Strategy. I would like to share with Members of this Assembly, the work the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment is doing to revitalize the Northwest Territories’ commercial fishery and broaden the NWT’s economic horizons. I look forward to sharing and discussing the revitalization strategy with Members in detail but would like, today, to provide a high-level outline of how our collaborative approach aims to jumpstart commercial...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The amount of funding to the Aboriginal Pipeline Group has been reduced by $250,000. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

It does work on behalf of all the communities in the Northwest Territories, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. All of the funding in those programs are in the regions. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It’s not core funding. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The first one was funding received for the Canadian Arctic Research Station. The second, INAC one, was funding received under the Strategic Investment and Northern Economic Development Program for geoscience research projects, and the third one is Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada funding received for the Canol Trail Wire Clean-up. I don’t think the CHARS project is finished yet, so there may be some funding identified there. The SINED had money. We have applied, it’s application-based, and that’s generally applied through CanNor. Also, the Canol Trail Wire Clean-up...