Statements in Debates
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, when you look on this page, I believe all regions can all tap in and benefit on a whole bunch of different things. The community tourism infrastructure one is one where all Aboriginal governments and organizations, like is listed there, can apply to it. That is one way to tap into doing that. The tourism skills development, that is going to be done in all regions this year in the Northwest Territories. The Sahtu region can also tap into the Tourism Product Diversification Program. Last year, I believe we helped the Sahtu region reprint the Canol Trail guidebook, as...
Thank you, Mr. Chair. One of the things that we are bringing forward in the supplementary estimates -- I think they are already tabled, so I can ask about it -- we are asking for additional funding to provide the Slave geological, physical, surficial materials and permafrost study. That might have actually been in one of my Member's statements, I think. That is some of the revenue that we are trying to get to proceed with some other work. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I have said many times in this House, the number of tourists coming to the Northwest Territories has gone up substantially and so has the number of dollars spent in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. You have that Tourism Product Diversification funding that is there. There is also Tourism 2020, I believe, that you could probably tap into for that as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I said earlier in the House that it didn't make sense to have two contractors, especially when 30 kilometres is going to be one part of the contract. I'll have to look into the fact if it's two years or three years remaining on the Aklavik contract, but to me it clearly doesn't make sense to have two contractors doing that section of road times two. We'll have a look at it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would just like to remind the Members that this is also a mandate commitment in the mandate of the 18th Legislative Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, this is a part of the devolution agreement, like I just said, and it is something that we are very interested in pursuing. It is also part of the IRC's land claim agreement. As we are all triparties to that agreement, we have to pursue any opportunities that are available to Northerners, be it resource development or mineral activities or such, but it is our obligation to uphold our end of the bargain. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am not sure if the Member is zeroing in on the 150 or the NWT TTA's initiative moving forward. If he is talking about the NWT TTA and then moving forward, they have their regional marketing initiative that they do. The ITI regional offices are also doing this. The Beaufort Delta, the Sahtu region, the Deh Cho region, North Slave Region, South Slave region are all working on different aspects of that, and then they also have special marketing initiatives within the department, as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. No, that was just project work from switching over and we don't believe that that will impact the NWT geological surveys group. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We don't have that detail, but I believe we already give them grants and contributions and it is used for some of this stuff. We will get that information for the Member. Thank you, Mr. Chair.