Bob McLeod

That’s my intention. As I said, I’ve asked the NWT Tourism Marketing Committee to look at it. I also will be running it by my ministerial advisory panel. We meet generally on a semi-annual basis. We also with the NWT Chamber of Commerce jointly developed a brand for products that are manufactured in the Northwest Territories. We have to look at how this would work with some of the other brands that we’ve developed. For example, for fur we have the Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur Program. We’ve developed a brand to promote Northwest Territories artists, and we have a number of other brands that we...

Thank you. We have a number of initiatives. We do have the Protected Areas Strategy, and that is grassroots developed and promoted from the bottom up. So we’d need the community to bring forward some initiatives to develop community parks. We do, as part of our planning strategy, do some assessments to determine the demand for these parks, and through those various programs we can look at the Sahtu to see what the needs are there for parks. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. By all means. We try to be inclusive of all regions in the Northwest Territories and we’ll pay special attention to the Sahtu. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Every summer thousands of visitors come to Northwest Territories parks and campgrounds. The priority of the Government of the Northwest Territories is to keep our parks and visitor facilities in top condition to ensure these visitors have a memorable and enjoyable experience.

The Government of the Northwest Territories continues to make improvements and investments in parks and visitor facilities throughout the Northwest Territories. By making these improvements, we are encouraging visitors to stay longer and explore the tourist opportunities the Northwest Territories...

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 11, An Act to Amend the Public Service Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, May 16, 2011, I will move that Bill 17, An Act to Amend the Territorial Parks Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As a government we’re always looking at ways to promote the North, and to attract visitors and investment, and promote locally produced, locally manufactured products. We have quite a number of promotional campaigns that we are delivering. Any opportunity that we can find to help us do a better job, we seriously look at it. We haven’t been able to find a one-size-fits-all program as of yet, so we’re intrigued by this idea. I’ve asked the Northwest Territories Tourism Marketing Committee to look at this and see if it would fit within the parameters of what we’re doing...

Thank you. I’d have to check to see if McKinnon Park is a community park or whether it’s a territorial park under our auspices, and I’ll provide that information to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know that we’re trying to establish the Canol Park and the federal government is having a major park expansion in the Sahtu. Thank you.

Our government already has a commitment to hire all of the graduates from the teachers program, the nurses program, and the Social Work Program. The caveat is that not everybody is going to get a job in Yellowknife or the larger centres. Some of these jobs are offered throughout the Northwest Territories. If you’re not prepared to be mobile, then it’s considered that once you’re made a job offer and you turn it down, then that’s considered as the government meeting its commitment.