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Yellowknife – October 19, 2020
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Yellowknife – October 19, 2020
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Yellowknife – October 16, 2020
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Good afternoon everyone.

I would like to begin with an update on the presumptive tests received by two people in Yellowknife.

Yellowknife – October 16, 2020
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Good afternoon.

First, I’d like to acknowledge that those residents who received the presumptive positive COVID-19 tests are recovering with close monitoring from public health. Our thoughts are with them.

Yellowknife – October 16, 2020
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Good afternoon, and thank you for being here today.

As you are aware, the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer announced three presumptive cases today – one case in Inuvik, and two cases in Yellowknife.

Yellowknife – October 16, 2020
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I rise today to provide a fiscal update but in doing so, I want also to speak about one of the most valuable economic resources that exists across the whole of the Northwest Territories: resiliency.

Yellowknife – October 15, 2020
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Yellowknife – September 25, 2020
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
Minister of Finance, Caroline Wawzonek, issued the following statement today about a potential Northwest Territories sales tax: “I want to confirm that the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is not advancing any initiatives that would see the introduction of a territorial sales tax,
Yellowknife – June 12, 2020
Ministers' Statements and Speeches

Mr. Speaker, as the end of the 2019-2020 school year approaches, planning for how to safely reopen schools in the fall is well underway.

Yellowknife – June 12, 2020
Ministers' Statements and Speeches

In the Northwest Territories, we entrust the RCMP with the responsibility to support every citizen’s rights to safety and security; and, we also entrust them with the right to take away a citizen’s liberty in response to unlawful activity. That is a tremendous power and responsibility.

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