Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories has made a commitment in the Mandate to pursue new federal funding for the enhancement of community government infrastructure. The Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, MACA, is working collaboratively with both the federal and community governments to fulfill that commitment through various funding programs, including the Gas Tax Agreement and the New Building Canada Plan.

YELLOWKNIFE (May 17, 2016) The Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA), NWT Association of Communities (NWTAC),  and the Local Government Administrators of the NWT (LGANT), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to improve collaborative support for community governments in the Northwest Territories.

YELLOWKNIFE (May 6, 2016) – The Government of the Northwest Territories is pleased to announce the 2016 Outstanding Volunteer Awards.  These annual awards provide an opportunity to show our appreciation to volunteers and volunteer organizations for their outstanding contributions in communities across the territory.

Recipients of the 2016 NWT Outstanding Volunteer Awards are:

YELLOWKNIFE (April 12, 2016) — The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) emphasized its commitment to strong community governments in a meeting with the Northwest Territories Association of Communities (NWTAC) last month.

YELLOWKNIFE (March 16, 2016) - Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories, today announced funding for 13 projects for municipalities in the Northwest Territories under the Government of Canada’s Small Communities Fund. MP McLeod was joined by Robert McLeod, Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs for the Northwest Territories.

The Government of Canada remains committed to making historic investments in infrastructure to promote good jobs and clean growth in towns and cities across the country.

YELLOWKNIFE (March 7, 2016) With the 2016 Arctic Winter Games in Nuuk, Greenland, underway, Northwest Territories (NWT) Youth Ambassador Katie Holtorf had the distinct honour of meeting His Royal Highness The Crown Prince of Denmark.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today and extend my best wishes to the 270 athletes, coaches and managers from 18 communities who will make up Team NWT at the 2016 Arctic Winter Games being held in Nuuk, Greenland from March 5^th to 11^th.

YELLOWKNIFE (February 25, 2016) - The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has launched a new website to provide accurate, easy to understand information about drinking water in the Northwest Territories (NWT).

Several GNWT departments work in partnership with the community governments to ensure drinking water is safe, including; Health and Social Services, Public Works and Services, Environment and Natural Resources and Municipal and Community Affairs. 

Mr. Speaker, the first priority identified the by the 18^th Legislative Assembly talks about improving governance by increasing accountability, transparency, collaboration and building stronger relationships with community governments and stakeholders. I am pleased to rise today to announce the launch of a new website that does just that.

YELLOWKNIFE (February 18, 2016) - The recipients of the 2015-2016 High Performance Athlete Grant were announced last week by Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) Robert C. McLeod and Maureen Miller, President of the Sport North Federation.