Caitlin Cleveland

Member Kam Lake

Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment
Minister of Education, Culture and Employment

The Honourable Caitlin Cleveland was first elected in the 19th Assembly as the MLA for Kam Lake in 2019, and has served as the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, and Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment since 2023 after being acclaimed to the 20th Assembly. 

In addition to owning and operating a northern business for over 20 years, Minister Cleveland worked in a variety of communications and policy roles in both the public and private sectors before entering politics. 

Between 2019 to 2023, she chaired the Standing Committee on Social Development, fulfilling a goal to be a part of the discussions and decisions affecting social programs in the Northwest Territories. Her noteworthy work on the Committee included guiding the considerable review and input into recommendations on housing in the NWT, suicide prevention, and improvements to caring for children in care and building supported families. 

Within the scope of her portfolios, Minister Cleveland is focused on helping children grow into successful NWT residents that recognize opportunities and develop successful careers that contribute to a growing economy. She advocates for new approaches to sector diversification and innovation, and ensures the North is welcoming both skilled foreign workers and investment in the critical mineral resources across the territory. She persistently explores solutions for efficient and equitable access to programs and services, upholding a shared vision of an NWT where people are supported in the ways they wish to live, work, and grow. 

Minister Cleveland is a lifelong resident of Yellowknife where she lives with her husband and their three children.

Kam Lake Electoral District

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Board of Management
Kam Lake
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https://mla-kamlake.ca
Phone
867-446-1154
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Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
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1320
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867-767-9141
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Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Minister of Industry, Tourism, and Investment

Statements in Debates

Question 87-19(2): Modernizing the Public Service Act
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)

Has the Minister been in contact with the Union of Northern Workers or the Northwest Territories Teachers' Association recently, given that we are about to enter into new collective bargaining later this year?

Question 76-19(2): Arnica Inn Transitional Housing Project
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think what I would like to know for my final question is: does any GNWT department have an environmental assessment of the Arnica Inn?

Question 76-19(2): Arnica Inn Transitional Housing Project
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)

Just so that I am on the same page, then, the government did not not support the project of the women's society and have asked the women's society to resubmit their application?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)

Thank you, Madam Chair. No further questions.

Member's Statement on Arnica Inn Transitional Housing Project
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)

Mr. Speaker, the 413-kilometre Slave Geological Province Road has a $1 billion price tag. That is $2.4 million per kilometre. For the cost of a quarter kilometre of road, we could have housed 42 of our territory's homeless.

Almost a year ago, the Yellowknife Women's Society began discussions with the City of Yellowknife and the GNWT about reopening the Arnica Inn to provide 42 transitional housing units for the homeless clientele of the Yellowknife Women's Society. The vast majority of these people are Indigenous single men or women displaced from smaller communities across the NWT and Nunavut...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am just looking at the second point here, "Expand the reach of energy conservation and efficiency initiatives." It notes that the intention is to partner with key stakeholders to provide these initiatives to those most in need. What I have found in talking to people within my constituency is that quite often our thresholds either are so low that people are not able to take advantage of programming or, if people do meet the threshold, they don't have the financing to actually go out and do the work and then be reimbursed down the road by organizations like the Arctic...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)

Thank you, Madam Chair. My next question is in regard to advancing the knowledge economy. Under "How We Will Do It," it says that we will work with a broad range of partners. Would the Premier be willing to expand on the definition of "broad range of partners" for that one? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)

Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)

At this point, we are unsure of how much each of these data collection pieces is going to cost us at the end of the day?

Tabled Document 37-19(2): Email from Mayor of Yellowknife to Honourable Paulie Chinna regarding Arnica Inn Project, dated February 20, 2020
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table a letter dated February 18, 2020, from the executive director of the Yellowknife Women's Society to the honourable Paulie Chinna regarding the decision against supporting the Arnica Project. I also wish to table an email dated February 20, 2020, from the mayor of the City of Yellowknife to the honourable Paulie Chinna regarding the Arnica Inn Project. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.