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Finance committee I think we surprise people a lot of times in Yukon with how ahead of the curve we are in certain areas. One of the things that separates us from other northern areas is that all of our communities, except for one, are accessible by road. When you're transferring to a more modern
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Sandy Silver
Finance committee The biggest consideration when it comes to the GDP in Yukon is that we don't have a large, diverse economy compared to other jurisdictions. We're not there with agriculture. We're not there with timber. We have very certain sectors. One of our biggest ones is capital assets and
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Sandy Silver
Finance committee That's a great question. When we started our devolution transfers, the intention was to give us the ability to make decisions for ourselves and to create more industry by having local solutions to local problems. We need to have a little more self-reliance there. We're no more or
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Sandy Silver
Finance committee Absolutely. Mr. Bagnell, as you know, my riding is Klondike, and there's no way someone's going to get elected in Klondike without being supportive of the mining industry. We struck a balance as a community. It's up to our government now to figure out how to model that community
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Sandy Silver
Finance committee I think with regard to certainty, it's about regulatory certainty. We're working right now to wrap our heads around streamlining our water licensing and our YESAB applications. In those, there are some board positions on a federal basis that are not whole yet, so it's a concentra
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Sandy Silver
Finance committee Thank you very much. Here in the north, we're very different as well. Devolution transfers happened in Yukon over a decade ago. We're ahead as far as land use planning and implementation of our land use planning process. That answers your questions a bit. Land use planning giv
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Sandy Silver
Finance committee Both for sure. I will say next time you come to Yukon, make sure you come up to Dawson City. It's my riding, so I believe that it's the true heart and soul of Yukon. Next time, make sure you let me know when you're in town. You hit the nail on the head. Boom does turn to bust i
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Sandy Silver
Finance committee It's definitely a balance. We, as a territorial government, go to Germany, Japan; we try to invest in the international community based upon the statistics that we take. When you take a look at the Canadian dollar, you really want to make sure that Canadians are travelling to the
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Sandy Silver
Finance committee I guess you mean the interest in the international community and definitely not the interest of the government. We're extremely interested in our resource industry as a government. I think what we're seeing, Mr. McLeod, is a change in direction. We've had some concerns over the
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Sandy Silver
Finance committee Do you mean in the mineral industry or outside of it?
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Sandy Silver
Finance committee I think our economic growth is part and parcel. We definitely want to make sure that we're moving forward in a sustainable manner with respect to our resource industry, but we also need to diversify. In tourism, for example, we need to do a better job of making sure we diversify
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Sandy Silver
Finance committee Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon to the vice-chairs and the other members of the committee as well. Thank you for the invitation to appear before the committee today to discuss economic growth. We appreciate the committee's attention and focus on the north. I woul
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Sandy Silver