Finance committee  It is critically important that funding go to communities. When you look at what levels of government are able to provide to communities, communities are first on the ground with water and sewer services, street cleaning, everything. In our own community, we have four people at o

Finance committee  Thank you. It's great to hear from you as well. The funding measures that have come out already have been very well received. All of the supports that are going towards the territorial government and to the On the Land program—which is an amazing measure that's been put out to a

Finance committee  I think housing, absolutely, is number one. As well, small businesses across the territory do not have the same resiliency that you would see with the larger box stores you have in the south. For municipalities, an increase to the gas tax or even a doubling of the gas tax certain

Finance committee  Thank you so much for the opportunity to present to all of you regarding the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm Lynn Napier, the mayor of Fort Smith and president of the Northwest Territories Association of Communities. We proudly represent 33 communities of the