Caitlin Cleveland

Mr. Chair, I think I've already identified that this work is already underway. I think the Member knows the answer to his question, and I absolutely value what he is getting at here, and he is getting at that he would like to see more positions in communities, and I understand that. In addition, there's also a remote work policy as well that I hope that we as a government can use. I can also speak to the fact that ITI is also in the process of using that for positions that were traditionally in Yellowknife and people wanted to be able to work from communities, and so I would like to take the...

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it's difficult to put timelines and to put cornerstone outputs on these without working together with our partners. I think that part of these documents being so successful is that they have to include everybody's voices, and everybody has to be able to see themselves in it. So to start with, with outputs without actually defining where we're going to go on this path together and what our common goals are, I think would be unfair. And so I hear, I think, the Member's desire to see something sooner than later and to really be able to drive momentum and...

Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. It's 8 to 1. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, there's multiple streams. There's streams that are for people who are sole proprietors that own their own business. There's streams for organizations. There's streams -- a multitude of different streams. There's streams for Indigenous governments. And so my suggestion would absolutely be for people to reach out to their regional office if they have a project that they would like to see go forward, an event, or especially if somebody has an economic development idea they'd love the support of seeing through.

Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. And thank you to the Member for the clarification. So the mineral and petroleum resources office that's there has five staff. They work in concert with the mineral and petroleum resources division that is based in Yellowknife, and they also have close working relationships with the regional office as well. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it's an ITI policy, so it would be centered there, but as with most of our work we are always happy to share, especially when it is good news stories that are working well within the department. Thank you.

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.