Premier Caroline Cochrane tabled the 2019-2023 Mandate of the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) in the Legislative Assembly today.
Developed to meet the needs and aspirations of NWT residents, the 2019-2023 Mandate of the GNWT will guide how government will take action on the 22 Priorities of the 19th Legislative Assembly.
Premier Caroline Cochrane today announced that Dr. Erin Kelly has been named Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) and that Mr. Andy Bevan has been named the Associate Deputy Minister, Post-Secondary Education Renewal, and President of Aurora College.
Investors at the AME Roundup and beyond will have a better understanding of the opportunities, investment climate and path to working with two Indigenous Governments thanks to new mineral development strategies released by the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC) and the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC).
The release of the strategies was welcomed this morning at the AME Roundup – an event at which Northwest Territories Indigenous governments and organizations have been playing a growing and significant role.
The attached is being redistributed on behalf of the Yukon Mining Alliance and NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines.
An updated bedrock geology map and database will aid explorers and academic researchers investigating the mineral-rich Slave Geological Province.
The updated map, resulting from several years of data collection and analysis, has been published by the Northwest Territories Geological Survey (NTGS) in partnership with the Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office. Dr. Mike Stubley, a former Government of Northwest Territories employee and highly-experienced geologist, led the work. The updated map is based on Dr. Stubley’s original map published by the NTGS in 2005.
This weekend, Cabinet members, Indigenous governments and Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) officials will head to Vancouver for AME Mineral Roundup – one of Canada’s largest mining conferences.
The19th Legislative Assembly has identified increasing resource exploration and development as a priority. As Cabinet finalizes their Mandate, participation in this event demonstrates their commitment to the priority and to working in partnership with Indigenous governments and stakeholders to advocate and voice support for this sector.
The attached is being released on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories, NorthwesTel, Strongest Families Institute, and Bell Let’s Talk.
Released in August 2019, the Child and Family Services System’s Quality Improvement Plan identified 70 action items to improve the Child and Family Services System in order to achieve better outcomes for children, youth, and their families.
To date, approximately 33% of the action items in the Plan have been completed. These include:
The Government of the Northwest Territories is introducing amendments to the NWT Employment Standards Act and Regulations that provide new and enhanced types of employment leave and will be effective as of January 01, 2020.
These Amendments align with the Government of Canada’s amendments to the Employment Insurance program and the Canada Labour Code, and let workers take advantage of the federal leave allowances and associated benefits while providing recognized and consistent guidelines for employers to better support their employees during important life events.
Starting January 1, 2020, new hunters must complete Hunter Education prior to being issued a hunting licence in the Northwest Territories (NWT).
