Ministerial Activities Advisory for the week of November 3-9, 2020
Ministerial Travel
Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of November 2, 2020
There is no travel scheduled for this time period
Meetings and Appearances
Please note that event organizers may have attendance restrictions for their event. Contact organizers for more information.
A new campaign launched by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is calling on everyone across the territory to mask up to protect each other as the COVID-19 risk grows across Canada.
The Most Important Thing I’m Wearing campaign encourages residents to wear non-medical masks as a way to take responsibility for protecting each other in situations where it is difficult to follow physical distancing requirements of two meters .
Premier Cochrane's Itinerary for November 3, 2020
Issued November 2, 2020.
Public Events and Meetings
The Premier will be participating in a sitting of the Legislative Assembly.
Closed Events and Meetings
The following events are closed to the media
The Premier will be chairing a Cabinet House Strategy meeting.
The Premier will be participating in a Caucus Meeting.
Internal Meetings
All meetings and events subject to change.
For Ministerial Media Requests, Contact:
Education Leaders met via teleconference with Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) Minister R.J. Simpson and the NWT Teachers’ Association (NWTTA) on October 28, 2020 to discuss improving student outcomes in the territory.
The attached is being distributed on behalf of the Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories.
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Mr. Speaker, in the spring of 1999, a small community in southern Ontario called Walkerton made national news because of the deaths and sickness that were linked to contamination in the municipality’s drinking water supply. This incident served as a wake-up call for municipalities and governments across Canada to take stock of the state of drinking water supplies in communities across the nation.
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Mr. Speaker, one of our government’s guiding principles is to ensure that the expenditure of public funds maximizes economic benefits to Northerners and supports Northern business. This is consistent with our longstanding commitment to support Northwest Territories businesses and grow a strong, diversified economy.
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Mr. Speaker, supporting vulnerable residents in need of housing or facing homelessness continues to be an essential part of the Government of the Northwest Territories’ response to COVID-19. The Northwest Territories Housing Corporation is working diligently to meet the needs of our residents as we move through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mr. Speaker, as COVID-19 approached at the beginning of this year, our government was preparing our institutions to respond to the threat of a generation.
Before a case ever reached our borders, we pulled together a team from across our public service to stand up our emergency response. As the threat grew, so too did our response.
Northwest Territories business leaders and the Government of the Northwest Territories are working together to safeguard the territory’s economy from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining a protective public health response.
As the GNWT prepared for the inevitable arrival of COVID-19, the swift mobilization of its pandemic services limited the number of cases, and prevented loss-of-life.
Today, the territory is in a position to look forward while others are tightening up in part because of these measures.
