Caitlin Cleveland

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the subscription rate for the program, we have a budget of $1.5 million, and in 2022-2023 our actuals were $1.274 million. So while each year the program is fully subscribed, what ends up happening is there are monies that companies are not able to spend. Sometimes it can be due to, for example, wildfires. And they end up having to hand that money back to ITI. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, anybody who would like to be able to kind of travel that same road and put in an application to have their festival funded within the program would need to put in an application under the community economic development stream. So I would encourage anybody to go through and do that for sure. And if they want support in order to do that, they can go to their regional director -- or sorry, regional office, and our regions will definitely work with communities across the board in order to see what kind of funding can be sourced. Thank you.

Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. There are five people. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, to my left I have Pamela Strand, deputy minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment. And to my right, I have Nina Salvador, who is the director of corporate services and finance.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, yes, ITI/ECE does play a role along with ECC. ECC is the role. And for kind of the operational way that that looks within ITI, I would like to pass it to the deputy minister. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, the Member is absolutely right. It is two parks close to the proximity of Yellowknife that offer these long-term stay discounts. It's Prelude Lake and Reid Lake. Unfortunately, because those two long-term stays and the significant discount of them is prescribed in legislation, it's a longer change than simply a regulatory change which is much, much easier to do. Why those two landed in legislation back in the day, I'm not sure but they did. So I hear the Member and absolutely acknowledge what she is saying, but it is definitely a long-term tackle...

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I share the Member's love of the Great Northern Arts Festival and would like to see it continue. It is still funded within ITI, but the funding comes out of the SEED funding.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, right now we're evaluating I guess to start off with what are the immediate needs of the department. The immediate needs right now of the department are to implement the Mineral Resources Act, and the big piece of that is the regulation work. So that is the primary focus and the primary, I guess, driver of funding right now, getting that done is going to be huge for the territory and has a huge focus. But we are constantly assessing what positions are in high demand and high need within the department and ensuring that we can essentially pivot to...

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table to the following document: Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 64-19(2), Report on Bill 84: An Act to Amend the Business Development and Investment Corporation Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Yes, ITI is a partner in that, and the lead on that is ECC from the GNWT's perspective. Thank you.