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Natural Resources committee I guess that's all a matter of perspective. If you see the federal government controlling the NWT's borrowing limit as setting a limit and not being able to increase it, then that's certainly an issue. But if the perspective is that the federal government is able to increase the
June 12th, 2012Committee meeting
Hughie Graham
Natural Resources committee No, I'm saying they should be a partner in the development of infrastructure in the Northwest Territories.
June 12th, 2012Committee meeting
Hughie Graham
Natural Resources committee I think at this point you can certainly look to a private-public partnership in order to do that. With the Taltson project as you speak, certainly untapped energy is spilling over the dam there, and if that's connected to a potential Northwest Territories-wide grid that doesn't e
June 12th, 2012Committee meeting
Hughie Graham
Natural Resources committee I couldn't agree more. The ability for the Government of Canada to increase the territorial borrowing limit when necessary is certainly critical to investing in major infrastructure projects in the Northwest Territories. One might only look at the proposed Inuvik to Tuk highway t
June 12th, 2012Committee meeting
Hughie Graham
Natural Resources committee I don't. I can only comment that I know that the exploration dollars that are going to be spent in 2012 are an increase over what they were in 2011. I don't have an exact figure as to what that accounts for in the GDP.
June 12th, 2012Committee meeting
Hughie Graham
Natural Resources committee I don't have that in front of me. I think it was in the neighbourhood of just over $100 million. This year it is set to be about $130 million.
June 12th, 2012Committee meeting
Hughie Graham
Natural Resources committee Yes, it is.
June 12th, 2012Committee meeting
Hughie Graham
Natural Resources committee Certainly. If we look at the creation of a Mackenzie Valley highway, that opens up a road to resources. Not only that, but if the Mackenzie Valley pipeline were ever to be constructed, that opens up the Mackenzie Valley as well to start to contribute to that pipeline. Definitely,
June 12th, 2012Committee meeting
Hughie Graham
Natural Resources committee Thank you. My name is Hughie Graham. I am president of the Northwest Territories Chamber of Commerce. I'll give you a brief overview of the NWT Chamber of Commerce, the only pan-territorial voice for business in the Northwest Territories. Established in 1973, the NWT Chamber
June 12th, 2012Committee meeting
Hughie Graham