Changes to two laws governing activities in the oil and gas sector in the Northwest Territories are now in force.

Amendments to the Petroleum Resources Act and Oil and Gas Operations Act, including stronger transparency and accountability provisions, were passed in August 2019 by the 18^th Legislative Assembly after an extensive public consultation process.

With guidelines and communications materials now in place, these best-practice amendments took effect on July 23, 2020.

Today, Minister of Finance Caroline Wawzonek announced that the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will extend the wage top-up program for an additional eight weeks to match the federal extension of the Canada Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) to October 3, 2020.

Today, Minister of Finance Caroline Wawzonek announced that the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will extend the wage top-up program for an additional eight weeks to match the federal extension of the Canada Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) to October 3, 2020.

Premier Caroline Cochrane announced the following changes to the Executive Council today:

Moody’s Investors Service released the results of its periodic review of the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) credit rating yesterday and confirms its Aa1 credit rating.

Today the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE), R.J. Simpson, announced the extension of all Income Assistance (IA) COVID-19 relief measures currently in place.

Under Income Security Programs, the IA program at the Department of Education, Culture and Employment provides financial assistance to residents, including seniors and persons with disabilities, aged 19 years or older, to assist with their basic and enhanced needs. 

The Government of the Northwest Territories and the Business Advisory Council have agreed on Terms of Reference to guide the work of the Council moving forward.

The Business Advisory Council’s mandate will be twofold:

The Department of Industry Tourism and Investment and Tu Cho Fishers Cooperative have signed an agreement confirming their commitment to the revitalization of the Great Slave Lake Fishing Industry.

The Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) was signed by Minister of ITI Katrina Nokleby and Cameron Beaverbones of the Tu Cho Fishers Cooperative.

Residents are now able to view COVID-19 data through the NWT COVID-19 Dashboard – an interactive, visual tool.  Using visualizations such as graphs and maps gives residents access to information that is easier to understand.

Residents can view the following information:

The Minister of Finance announced today that as a part of the Government of the Northwest Territories’ (GNWT) commitment to developing a more inclusive approach to financial policy setting, she will be hosting several online engagement sessions about the development of Budget 2021 between July 20 and August 4^th, 2020.