The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has released an overview of the policy intentions that will guide the drafting of regulations for the NWT Mineral Resources Act (MRA).    

An important next step in the development of regulations for the MRA, these policy intentions reflect the objectives and rationales agreed to by northern governments under the Legislative Development Protocol developed and adopted by the Intergovernmental Council of the NWT.

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On behalf of myself, the Premier and my Cabinet colleagues, congratulations on arriving at the 50^th anniversary of the Yellowknife Geoscience Forum!

My gratitude to the NWT and NU Chamber of mines for their continued good work and commitment to organize and host this annual event. Thank you also for the invitation and opportunity to speak this afternoon.

Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Caroline Wawzonek provided the following statement on the 50th Yellowknife Geoscience Forum:

“Tomorrow, we welcome the 50th Geoscience Forum to Yellowknife, an opportunity for Northern researchers, explorers, and engineers in the mineral resource industry to come together and exchange ideas, discoveries, and developments.

 The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has released the Arts Program Review Report , marking the completion of the first key action item of the Northwest Territories (NWT) Arts Strategy.

The report assesses arts funding programs across the GNWT, identifies areas of strength and weakness, and provides recommendations on how to improve arts programs and services to better serve NWT residents.

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The Government of the Northwest Territories has a responsibility to ensure benefits from the extraction of NWT natural resources are provided to residents of the NWT.

The Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment has three initiatives that are advancing the priority set by the 19th Legislative Assembly to advance a benefit retention approach to economic development in the NWT.

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is engaging NWT residents online and in person to inform the development of Economic Development Plans (REDPs) for each region.

NWT residents are invited to complete a public survey on the GNWT’s Have Your Say engagement platform where they will find a discussion paper as well as economic profiles and data for their respective regions.  The deadline to provide input is January 31, 2023.

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Good day all and welcome to the NWTT Tourism AGM. Thank you Donna Lee and NWTT for the invitation to speak at this event again this year. And congratulations on being able to organize an in-person gathering for the first time in three years.

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The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is launching a pilot program to provide funding to Indigenous Governments and Indigenous Government Organizations to build capacity within the resource sector, as part of the GNWT’s mandate commitment to adopt a benefit retention approach to economic development.
 

While this funding has been available over the past few years, the formalization through a pilot program will allow the GNWT to measure where supports are needed the most, and how funding allocation and the application process can be improved.  

It’s mining week in the Northwest Territories (NWT). The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is joining with the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines, and the NWT’s mining community to celebrate the importance of mineral exploration and development to our economy, our communities and our people.

Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Caroline Wawzonek, released the following statement: