Caitlin Cleveland

Member Kam Lake

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

Caitlin Cleveland was acclaimed to the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly as the Member representing Kam Lake. Ms. Cleveland was elected to Executive Council of 20th Legislative Assembly. Ms. Cleveland was previously elected to the 19th Legislative Assembly as the Member representing Kam Lake.

Ms. Cleveland was raised in Yellowknife, NT and graduated from École St. Patrick High School. After studying Journalism and Photojournalism, Ms. Cleveland began her career as a Communications Officer Intern with the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT).

For the past 15 years, Ms. Cleveland has owned and operated Caitlin Cleveland Photography, which gave her the opportunity to connect with many northerners. In addition to Communications with the GNWT, Ms. Cleveland also worked in marketing for Northwestel and most recently as a Senior Policy Analyst in the Department of Finance (GNWT).

Ms. Cleveland enjoys spending her time outdoors fishing, skiing, and travelling with her family.

Ms. Cleveland is married to Jeffrey Bowden and together they have three motivated, independent children: Jackson, Owen and Dalyn.

Kam Lake Electoral District

Committees

Kam Lake
Constituency Office
Phone
Minister's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Box
1320
Email
Phone
Extension
11124
Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Minister of Industry, Tourism, and Investment

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 24)

Sorry, Mr. Chair. Can the Member be more specific about what he's looking for. At ITI, we don't do mine training, per se, you know, as ECE might, and don't have mining positions, but this is the section that houses our Pathfinders if that's what the Member is looking for.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 24)

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the primary driver of that is we have a visitors centre that's actually located outside of the Northwest Territories in the Yukon. It's the Dempster Delta Visitor Information Centre. It is in a -- on a piece of land in a building that we leased, and the Indigenous government on whose land that sits would like that facility back. And so that facility is going to be no longer. And ITI is looking at other ways that it can ensure that visitors to the area and to the region have access to information about the Northwest Territories. So, for example, in the...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 24)

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, the line item that's towards the top of the page, the Canadian Agriculture Partnership, the GNWT was able to renegotiate that deal and it resulted in actually an increase which is now found at the very bottom of the page under the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership. And that agreement is to the tune of $7.6 million over the lifetime of the agreement, and you can see here that it has gone up from the -- what was allotted under the Canadian Agriculture Partnership. So for 2024-2025, it's sitting just over $1.5 million. Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 24)

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Yellowknife.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 24)

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, of course I couldn't speak directly to the correlation, but what I can say is every year while the mineral incentive policy is fully subscribed that not every year are all of those dollars spent. Sometimes at the end of the year companies have to give those dollars back because they weren't able to spend them how they originally anticipated. But I would say the best thing that we can do to continue to increase exploration in the territory is continue to have good conversation like this, continue to make sure that we are participating in events...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 24)

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, microclusters are these basically, like, individual business entities that kind of grow and generate themselves within different communities. So, for example, you know, if I travelled to community X, Y, Z, and they're saying, you know, we're really interested in getting agriculture going, we really see the potential, and that starts to generate and you end up with this microcluster of an agriculture industry within that one community that grows and supports itself and evolves from there, and Hay River is a great example of that where, you know...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 24)

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it's all assessment work that gets reviewed by our professional geologists, and there are specific reporting requirements that they have to adhere to at the end of their program. And so because the geologists are well versed in the sector and aware of what costs should come in at, there's a natural vetting that takes place in that process. Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 24)

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, in 2024-2025, the main estimates are $500,000 investment for the contributions for the film rebate program. And in the following year for 2025-2026, the investment would go up another $500,000 to $1 million investment. Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 24)

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I don't have that level of information. But I'm going to look to my colleagues here. And can I pass it to the deputy minister. Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 24)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, developing regulations for the Mineral Resources Act is one of the key commitments from the Government of the Northwest Territories to support responsible resource development. This Act represents a new chapter for our mining sector, setting the stage for modernization and shared prosperity for residents, Indigenous governments, and our industry partners.

The Act and future regulation will increase opportunities for exploration by providing more time to explore claims before transitioning to leases and making it easier to collect high-quality geoscience data...