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Good morning, everyone. I am pleased to be able to address you at your conference this week, albeit virtually. I am sorry I’m unable to meet you in person, as I am currently in Toronto attending the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention.
The following media statement was issued by Diane Archie, Deputy Premier and Minister of Infrastructure, and Caroline Wawzonek, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, on their participation in the Arctic Development Expo.
“This week researchers, Indigenous leaders, circumpolar governments, scientists, and industry experts gathered in Inuvik for the Arctic Development Expo. This annual event takes place in Inuvik to encourage collaboration that enhances circumpolar life and creates innovative solutions for challenges that face northern communities.
Premier Caroline Cochrane and Caroline Wawzonek, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment are in Toronto this week to promote mineral exploration and development opportunities in the Northwest Territories.
Due to very dry conditions with no forecasted rain through the weekend and into next week, the City of Yellowknife has implemented a fire ban on open air fires within the City’s municipal boundaries. The ban prohibits open fires, including the use of approved fire pits.
Effective immediately and until further notice, a fire ban is now also in place for:
• Fred Henne Territorial Park
• Yellowknife River Territorial Park
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is running a pilot project to determine if commercially preparing moosehides to be traditionally tanned in the Northwest Territories (NWT) is a viable business practice, benefitting NWT tanners and artisans.
As the Northwest Territories (NWT) moves into summer, tourism operators are beginning to welcome visitors back, and funding is once again available to support the restart of licensed tourism-operations through the Tourism Restart Investment Program (TRIP).
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has accepted a letter of offer from Fireweed Zinc Ltd. (Fireweed) to acquire its Mactung property.
The GNWT took ownership of Mactung in 2015 as part of the insolvency of North American Tungsten Corporation Limited in order to protect the economic value of the property’s tungsten deposit for future development.
The GNWT’s goal has always been to return the property to the private sector once its commodity value recovered.
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Mr. Speaker, Environmental, Social, and Governance, or ESG principles have become more prevalent over the past few years in the mineral resources industry, with investors, demographic groups, and the general public demanding stronger ESG investments from business and industry.
Residents interested in buyinglocally-raised meat in the NWT are in support the development of Meat Safety Regulations. That is one of the findings in the Department of Health and Social Services’ report, What We Heard: Development of Meat Safety Regulations Under the Public Health Act.
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Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. I’ve had a couple of brief media events in person over the last month but this is my first formal opportunity to join folks in a room for an event. There is a bit of synergy here: my role, in my view, is performed better when I am more connected to people and community and your industry connects people and communities so thank you for hopefully the first of many more opportunities to be back out in person connecting.
