Debates of February 9, 2026 (day 76)

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Question 976-20(1): Northwest Territories Arts Strategy

Thanks, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Minister of ITI, I think we moved arts money to. Perfect, ITI minister.

Mr. Speaker, the NWT arts strategy runs from 2021 to 2031, I believe, and I was searching around online and I found an action plan progress tracker. Mr. Speaker, when was the last time this tracker was updated? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member from Great Slave. Minister of ITI.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the Member for Great Slave for pointing out to me that I've got a little bit of extra homework to do on this transfer because this action tracker currently lives over in ECE and needs to be transferred over to ITI. So I will see that that gets done. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, Mr. Speaker, I am heartened to hear that this past weekend an artist reached out to me and said, you know, the new financial structure is working, it's clearer, it's understandable. But I am curious, Mr. Speaker, what more has her department been hearing about arts funding, and has this new structure been working for the majority of NWT artists? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have -- we've maintained the program as it was over in ECE because it had recently gone through some shifts we're responding to artists, and we continue to treat it as a living program. And so we are just at the tail end of continuing to do some of that work in order to make sure that we're being responsive to artists in the territory, that we're being responsive to business owners, and we continue to make sure that the programs are also listening to what people are looking for. Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Minister of ITI. Final supplementary. Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, Mr. Speaker, I am just wondering if the Minister can provide a listing of all of the large and medium project funding to Members that have been applied for and succeeded since the funding structure changed. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is normally information that would come out publicly in our grants and contributions reporting, and so anything that is fair game for the public, I am more than happy to table here in the House as well. Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Minister of ITI. Oral questions. Member from Yellowknife Centre.