Mr. Speaker, the Northwest Territories has the potential to be an energy giant. We are home to world-class oil and gas reserves in the Deh Cho, Central Mackenzie, Mackenzie Delta, and Beaufort Sea.
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February 19, 2015
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
February 16, 2015
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
Mr. Speaker, the resource sector is the single largest contributor to the NWT economy. Mining has created more than 28,000 jobs and produced $46 billion in minerals since the early 1930s.
February 12, 2015
News Releases
YELLOWKNIFE (February 12, 2015) – A new pilot program that aims to increase film production activity in the Northwest Territories has been created.
February 12, 2015
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
Mr. Speaker, the tourism industry offers opportunities for economic development throughout all regions of the Northwest Territories, and federal funding can support this growing and vibrant industry.
February 10, 2015
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
Mr. Speaker, Great Slave Lake is the every-day workplace of a proud community of northern fishers who work tirelessly to harvest some of the best tasting fish in Canada – and deliver it year round to the marketplace.
February 9, 2015
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
Mr. Speaker, in January the Premier and I led a second trade mission of NWT business representatives and government officials to China and Japan.
February 1, 2015
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
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January 30, 2015
Media Advisory
YELLOWKNIFE (January 30, 2015) – Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment David Ramsay today issued a call for bids for exploration licences for two parcels of land located in the in the Central Mackenzie Valley.
January 28, 2015
News Releases
VANCOUVER (January 28, 2015) — Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI) David Ramsay announced that a new Northwest Territories’ Mining Industry Advisory Board (MIAB) is being established to help to ensure that the territory is an attractive place to invest in mineral e
January 22, 2015
News Releases
BEIJING (January 22, 2015 ) – As a founding member of the Fur Institute of Canada (FIC), the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) advanced a proposed Memorandum of Understanding between the FIC and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries