Delivered on October 19, 2017
Mr. Speaker, our government believes we can foster a future in which agriculture entrepreneurs have the tools to succeed and each region can grow and harvest locally-produced food.
YELLOWKNIFE (October 18, 2017) -- Minister of Industry Tourism and Investment Wally Schumann issued the following statement in celebration of Northwest Territories Small Business Week October 15 to 21, 2017:
“With over 90 percent of NWT businesses defined as small businesses, this important sector of our economy provides employment opportunities for our people, the economic diversity to balance the ups and down of the resource economy and helps make our communities great places to live.
Delivered on October 18, 2017
Mr. Speaker, our territory is blessed with a resilient, ingenious manufacturing community.
HAY RIVER (October 13, 2017) – The Northwest Territories’ (NWT) first Agriculture Conference to focus on food growers and producers is taking place in Hay River, October 13-15, 2017.
A variety of sessions take place throughout the conference with a central theme of helping farmers and producers to grow their businesses. Topics include: panel discussions on raising chickens and beekeeping, northern agriculture research, greenhouse management, cold storage and root cellars, the business of farming and a review of the Growing Forward 2 Program.
YELLOWKNIFE (October 12, 2017) - The Government of the Northwest Territories is taking steps to advance a strategy that will help expand the Northwest Territories’ manufacturing sector.
The Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI) today released a discussion paper designed to spark input, ideas, and discussions about manufacturing and how to build the manufacturing sector in the NWT.
Delivered October 3, 2017
Mr. Speaker, since 2013, September 30th has been marked as Orange Shirt Day, a day for all Canadians to remember the survivors of the residential school system.
Organizers chose an orange shirt as the symbol for that day based on a story told by Phyllis Jack Webstat, a survivor of the St. Joseph Mission Residential School in Williams Lake, BC. In her story, Ms. Webstat tells of having the shiny, new orange shirt her grandmother had given to her being taken away on her first day at residential school.
Delivered on September 28, 2017
Mr. Speaker, strong economies must encourage economic diversity.
While our economy relies on the resource sector as its foundation, our government has committed to fostering an economic environment in which small business can grow and thrive.
Today I would like to highlight some of the commitments that have been met by the ongoing work of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment.
Delivered on September 27, 2017
Mr. Speaker, our government has committed in its mandate to supporting exploration and the mining sector. It is the lifeblood of our economy. Our people and businesses are innovative, self-sufficient and resilient, and want to do their part to contribute to a strong Northwest Territories. We need the kind of well-paying, long term jobs that come with sustainable economic development, and our government is working towards economic self-determination for all NWT residents.
Delivered on September 25, 2017
Mr. Speaker, we are investing in an economy that will give NWT residents and their families the opportunity to prosper, and give government the financial means to pay for the programs and services our territory and its people need.
YELLOWKNIFE (September 25, 2017) – Tourism numbers reached record heights in the Northwest Territories (NWT) in 2016-17. For the first time, visitor spending surpassed the $200 million mark and over 100,000 visitors travelled to the NWT.
The results bode well for the overall goal of Tourism 2020, the GNWT’s five year strategy for tourism development, which seeks to increase the value of the NWT tourism industry to $207 million annually by 2021.
