La priorité absolue du gouvernement des Territoires du Nord‑Ouest (GTNO) est la santé et la sécurité des Ténois, et nous prenons des mesures proactives pour être prêts à répondre à la situation de la COVID‑19 au fur et à mesure qu’elle évolue.

À l’heure actuelle, aucun cas de COVID-19 n’a été signalé aux Territoires du Nord‑Ouest (TNO), et le risque de contracter le virus aux TNO et au Canada demeure faible.

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Mr. Speaker, when we talk about the value of tourism in the Northwest Territories we often speak in terms of the dollars spent and the number of visitors tallied.

In 2018-2019, the tourism industry showed record numbers in both of these categories, emphasizing once again that the approach to, and investments in, our Tourism 2020 Strategy are working. In fact, over the last five years have increased the number of visitors to our territory by 42% and boosted spending by 43%.

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Good Morning and thank you for being here with us today.

It’s so great to have Invest Canada North taking place this year during PDAC – it will inevitably open up opportunities for our Northern territories, in a way that we’ve not previously experienced at this conference.

Across the North and in the NWT we recognize that competition for exploration and development dollars is strong, but I believe we offer unique benefits for those looking to do business, and I am going to tell you what those are.

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Good afternoon, and welcome again to everyone.  

Before I start, I’d like to welcome my Ministerial counterparts and all the stakeholders and Indigenous representation both in the audience and on stage with us this afternoon.

This is my first PDAC experience as Minister of ITI and Infrastructure, and I am pleased that my first PDAC speaking engagement is at an important one like this.

Mr. Speaker, each year the Dead North Film Festival inspires people from across the Arctic to get out and shoot short film creations in the depths of winter. It also brings Northerners together to support the film sector and have fun at this horror and fantasy genre event.

Mr. Speaker, the 19^th Legislative Assembly has identified increasing resource exploration and development for the benefit of the people of the Northwest Territories, as a priority for this government.

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Good evening everyone, and welcome.  

Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and  Tsleil-Waututht First Nations.

I would also like to take a moment and extend regrets from the Premier of the Northwest Territories, Caroline Cochrane for not being able to join us this evening.

Les investisseurs présents à la conférence Roundup de l’AME et les investisseurs en général pourront maintenant mieux comprendre les possibilités, le climat d’investissement et la marche à suivre pour travailler avec certains gouvernements autochtones. Le conseil tribal des Gwich'in (GTC) et la Société régionale inuvialuite (SRI) viennent en effet de publier leurs nouvelles stratégies régionales d’exploitation des minéraux.

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Good afternoon everyone.

I’m excited to be here today for this event and in Vancouver for Roundup, with our partners like Cheetah Resources and Nahanni Det’on Cho.

As many of you now, the NWT was built on mining.

But mining is not just our history. It’s our future and today, we celebrate an exciting new chapter. 

Une carte et une base de données mises à jour sur la géologie du substrat rocheux aideront les explorateurs et les chercheurs en milieu universitaire qui étudient la province géologique des Esclaves, riche en minéraux.