Mar 22, 2021 Council Meetings

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OK, I WILL CALL OUR COUNCIL MEETING FOR MONDAY, MARCH 22ND, 2021 TO ORDER.

[1. Councillor Mufandaedza will read the Opening Statement.]

THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE LOCATED IN CHIEF DRYGEESE TERRITORY FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL IT HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE YELLOWKNIVES DENE FIRST NATION AND MORE RECENTLY, THE HOMELAND OF THE NORTH SLAVE MÉTIS.

WE RESPECT THE HISTORIES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS, INUIT AND ALL FIRST PEOPLES OF CANADA WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THERE WERE NO AWARD CEREMONIES OR PRESENTATIONS FOR THE AGENDA, ADOPTION OF

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COUNCILLOR MORSE.

THANK YOU. I MOVED THAT MINUTES OF COUNCIL.

OK. I WAS WORRIED I WAS MUTED.

SORRY I MOVED THE MINUTES OF COUNCIL FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF MONDAY, MARCH 8TH 2021 BE PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION.

AND A SECONDER.

COUNCILLOR SILVERIO.

COUNCILLOR MORGAN, DID YOU HAVE SOME ERRORS OR OMISSIONS? YEAH, I JUST NOTED I MEAN, THIS IS VERY MINOR, BUT IT'S WRITTEN AS THE REGULAR MEETING WHEN IT WAS A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.

BUT SECONDLY, I'M NOT WRITTEN AS BEING PRESENT ON THE LIST OF THOSE PRESENT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY I WAS PRESENT BECAUSE I DECLARED A CONFLICT AND HAD TO REMOVE MYSELF ANYWAY. SO JUST I HAVEN'T BEEN LISTED AS PRESENT.

OK, WE WILL UPDATE THAT AND YES, ADJUST THE MOTION.

SO IT'S FOR THAT SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY, MARCH 8TH.

ANY FURTHER CORRECTIONS SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND THAT CARRIES. NEXT, WE HAVE DISCLOSURE PECUNIARY INTERESTS IN THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A PECUNIARY INTEREST IN ANY MATTER BEFORE COUNCIL TONIGHT'S.

SEEING NONE, THERE WAS NO CORRESPONDENCE, NOR WERE THERE ANY PETITIONS FOR THE AGENDA.

THERE WERE NO STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE AGENDA.

THERE WERE NO DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

THERE WERE NO STATEMENTS FOR THE AGENDA.

ARE THERE ANY STATEMENTS FROM THE FLOOR? SEEING NONE NEXT, WE HAVE GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE REPORT FOR MARCH 15TH.

[Items 11 & 12]

I MOVE THAT COUNCIL, AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO THE FOLLOWING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS FOR THE 2021 PAVING PROGRAM.

ONE ACE ENTERPRISES LIMITED FOR THE 2021 PAVING PROGRAM CONTRACT A FOR THE AMOUNT OF $1,100,056.30 PLUS GST.

TWO NWT CONSTRUCTION LIMITED FOR THE 2021 PAVING PROGRAM CONTRACT B INCLUDING ALL PROVISIONAL WORK (SCHOOL DRAW AVENUE) INCLUDED FOR THE AMOUNT OF $1,005,657.78 PLUS GST.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SECONDER.

COUNCILLOR WILLIAMS. COUNCILLOR KONGE. YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

AND YOU WERE THESE ON BUDGET UNDER BUDGET OR BUDGET? HOW DID THESE PRICING COME IN THIS YEAR? I BELIEVE BOTH WERE UNDER BUDGET MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT, I WAS JUST TRYING TO PULL UP THE GPC PACKAGE WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, BUT I THINK THEY WERE APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS UNDER. I'LL SEE IF MR. GREENCORN HAS THAT INFORMATION AT HIS FINGERTIPS.

THAT IS SUFFICIENT INFORMATION FOR ME.

THANK YOU. OK.

SUPER. IF YOU GO TO.

PAGE 11 OF THE COUNCIL PACKAGE HAS THE GPC NUMBERS, WHICH SHOWS BOTH OF THEM WERE UNDER BUDGET. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY SO SORRY, JUST GOT TO GET BACK UP TO THE START.

COUNCILLOR MORSE. NUMBER 13.

[13. Councillor Mufandaedza moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council: 1. Adopt for information the Yellowknives Dene First Nation and City of Yellowknife Joint Economic Development Strategy and Technical Report; and 2. Direct Administration to draft a response to the Yellowknives Dene First Nation and City of Yellowknife Joint Economic Development Strategy and draft an implementation plan based on the Strategy and report back to Council.]

I MOVE THAT COUNCIL ADOPT FOR INFORMATION THE YELLOWKNIFE'S DENE FIRST NATION AND CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND TECHNICAL REPORT AND TWO DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO DRAFT A RESPONSE TO THE YELLOWKNIFE'S DENE FIRST NATION AND CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE'S JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

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THANK YOU. AND PAULA, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO MUTE THOSE WHO AREN'T.

THANK YOU.

CAN I GET A SECONDER. COUNCILLOR SMITH [INAUDIBLE] COUNCILLOR MORSE. YEAH THANKS, NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION ABOUT THIS STRATEGY SPECIFICALLY, BUT HOW THIS STRATEGY AND THE OTHER STRATEGY THAT COUNCIL IS LOOKING TO APPROVE TONIGHT ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER.

I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE'RE APPROVING TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TONIGHT. AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY KIND OF DESIGNED NECESSARILY TO JIVE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

JUST CURIOUS HOW THEY'RE GOING TO WHAT THE PLAN IS TO KIND OF RULE THE TWO OUT SIMULTANEOUSLY.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILLOR MORSE, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THEY'RE VERY DELIBERATELY NOT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ALIGNED.

WHEN WE WENT INTO THE JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PROCESS WITH THE YELLOWKNIFE'S DENE, WE EACH, RESPECTIVELY, CAME TO THE TABLE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE OUR RESPECTIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES ADOPTED BY CHIEFS AND COUNCIL FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] SET OUT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE CITY, THAT WE HAVE VERY CLEAR, DELIBERATE ACTIONS THAT WE ARE EACH TAKING.

THIS WAS INTENDED TO BE THAT CENTRAL PART OF THE VENN DIAGRAM.

WHEN THERE ARE OVERLAPPING INTERESTS THAT WE BOTH SHARE, THAT WE CAN AMPLIFY THE POWER AND THE POTENTIAL TO REALLY MAKE SOME POSITIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE CHANGE IF WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER. SO TOURISM IS A KEY AREA.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE WE KNOW THAT HAVING THAT UNITED VOICE FOR ENGAGING INDUSTRY AND OTHER PARTNERS, WE'RE GOING TO REALIZE SOME BETTER ECONOMIES OF SCALE. WE'RE GOING TO BE STRONGER TOGETHER ON THOSE FILES WHERE WE DO HAVE THAT OVERLAP.

SO WHILE WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH LOOKING AT THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, WE WILL BE DEVELOPING, OF COURSE, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE YELLOWKNIFE'S.

AND WE'LL BE KEEPING IN MIND HOW WE CAN COMPLEMENT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN ON THE JOINT PROCESS TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

COUNCILLOR MORSE. THANK YOU.

[14. Councillor Mufandaedza moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council adopt the proposed Implementation Plan for the recommendations arising from the City of Yellowknife Economic Development Strategy, 2020 – 2024.]

THANK YOU. SECONDER.

COUNCILLOR WILLIAMS. COUNCILLOR MORGAN, YOU WANTED TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT.

YES, THANK YOU YOUR WORSHIP, SO I JUST WANT TO PROPOSE A SMALL AMENDMENT TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH READ DEVELOP A MINERAL RESOURCE STRATEGY.

SO WE HEARD, OK, SO MY PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS TO INSTEAD TITLE IT IN MINERAL RESERVES LOCAL BENEFITS STRATEGY.

AND TO HAVE THE TEXT OF THE ACTION, DESCRIBE THAT THIS REPORT WOULD EXAMINE NEW OR IMPROVED WAYS TO MAXIMIZE ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO YELLOWKNIFE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FROM MINERAL EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT OR REMEDIATION.

DO I HAVE A SECONDER.

COUNCILLOR MORSE COUNCILLOR MORGAN, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT? SURE.

SO WE DID HEAR FROM ADMINISTRATION DURING OUR GPC DISCUSSION THAT IT WAS KIND OF ASSUMED THAT THIS STRATEGY WOULD COVER THAT.

AND I JUST DIDN'T SEE IN THE EXISTING DESCRIPTION ANY MENTION OF MAXIMIZING LOCAL BENEFITS. IT JUST READ EXAMINED THE MINING INDUSTRY, ECONOMIC IMPACT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THE INDUSTRY AND MITIGATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF MINE CLOSURES.

SO TO ME, THE MANDATE OF THE CITY IS TO ENSURE WE HAVE ECONOMIC BENEFITS, JOBS, CONTRACTS FOR YELLOWKNIFE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE ARE JUST REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT SO THAT WHEN WE DO DEVELOP TERMS OF REFERENCE AND GET A CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT THIS, THEY'RE NOT CONFUSED AND THINK WE'RE REFERRING TO THE MORE GENERAL TYPES OF MINERAL RESOURCE STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE PAST AT THE TERRITORIAL LEVEL, THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY MUCH MORE FOCUSED AND SPECIFIC.

SO THAT IT COULD BE MOST USEFUL TO US AT THE CITY IF WE'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE

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THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCILLORS? COUNCILLOR MORSE. THANK YOU.

YEAH, I THINK WHAT COUNCILLOR MORGAN HAS PROPOSED HERE REFLECTS THE DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED AT GPC A FEW COUNCILLORS KIND OF MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM.

AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US.

I THINK THAT IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN DEVELOPING A MINERAL RESOURCE STRATEGY THAT THE FOCUS IS ON THE MUNICIPAL IMPACTS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO STEP ON THE TOES OF GNWT, WHO IS MOSTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.

SO I THINK IT JUST HELPS AS COUNCILLOR MORGAN MENTIONED, WHEN DRAFTING KIND OF TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR HOW THIS IS GOING TO GO, I THINK IT WILL HELP FOCUS THE REPORT.

AND IT'S A REPORT THAT I'D LOVE TO SEE, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS, WE FOCUS ON THIS AND ENSURE THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST INDUSTRIES THAT CONTRIBUTES TO JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO I APPRECIATE COUNCILLOR MORGAN BRINGING THE AMENDMENT FOR IT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR KONGE.

THANK YOU. I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT.

I THINK THAT FOR ME, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT THAT RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND JUST TRY TO, LIKE, TOTALLY FOCUS IN ON YOUR.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE.

LOSE A LOT. I MEAN, IF THIS PASSES, I THINK THAT ONE COULD GO AHEAD AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, A MINE LIKE DIAVIK, WELL, THAT'S NOT IN THE COMMUNITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

SO, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THERE'LL BE SOME BENEFITS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT IT.

I THINK THE WAY IT WAS WAS WORDED IN OUR PACKAGE HERE.

I THINK THAT THAT WILL GET FOR ME ENOUGH A MORE BETTER INFORMATION ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, RESTRICTING IT, HOW THIS WORDING, IN MY OPINION, RESTRICTS IT WILL NOT GIVE US REALLY THE FULL PICTURE AND WE COULD LOSE OUT ON SOME STUFF BY YOU KNOW I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT THE MINERAL RESOURCE INDUSTRY.

AND I MEAN IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, IT'S YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY REALLY MINERAL RESOURCE INDUSTRY THAT HAPPENS IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES WILL HAVE A BENEFIT TO YELLOWKNIFE.

SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, RESTRICTING DRILLING JUST ON THE YELLOWKNIFE IS I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, FRANKLY, I LIKED HOW IT WAS WORDED BEFORE, I THINK THAT THAT'S OPEN ENOUGH THAT WE'LL GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED AND DESIRE.

AND SO I SUPPORT THE WAY IT WAS WORDED THE FIRST TIME.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I WAS GOING TO DO MY FIRST ROUND OF COMMENTS AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU THERE COUNCILLOR MORSE.

SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO DEVELOP A MINERAL STRATEGY FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

IT WILL IDENTIFY ACTIONS THE CITY COULD UNDERTAKE TO PROMOTE FURTHER MINING INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AND MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF UPCOMING MINE CLOSURES. AND WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS ONE AT THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE AND THROUGH ALL OUR DISCUSSIONS IN DEVELOPING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, IT WAS ABOUT WHEN IT'S TALKING ABOUT THOSE MITIGATING NEGATIVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPACTS.

IT'S LIKE HOW THE CITY AND THE MINING INDUSTRY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS.

IT'S ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT STUFF LIKE TOURISM BY HAVING THE DIAVIK MINE TOUR TO ENCOURAGE TOURISM.

AND IT WAS ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER ON POST SECONDARY TO DEVELOP BETTER POST SECONDARY MINING PROGRAMS HERE IN THE NORTH.

SO I THINK IF IT'S JUST ABOUT THE WAY THAT I WAS READING THIS WAS I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET THAT THIS WAS GOING TO MEET THE SAME INTENT AS IT WAS DRAFTED AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WORDING ISN'T THE TERMS OF REFERENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE FOR AN RFP TO GET A CONSULTANT.

SO I PREFER TO STICK WITH THE WORDING THAT WAS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AS OPPOSED TO GOING WITH NEW WORDING.

COUNCILLOR MORSE. I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION, MAYOR ALTY THANKS.

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COUNCILLOR MORGAN YOU WANTED TO SAY ONE MORE THING TO CLOSE? YEAH, JUST TO CLOSE.

TO ME, PART OF THE POINT OF THIS IS TO SHIFT THE FOCUS INSTEAD OF BASICALLY STATING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THE CITY'S ROLE TO SUPPORT THE MINERAL INDUSTRY AND THEN HOPE WE GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT'S OUR ROLE AND OUR MANDATE TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FIRST AND FOREMOST.

AND IN THIS CASE, TO SEE HOW THE MINING INDUSTRY CAN HELP US ACHIEVE THAT AND SO IT'S A SWITCHING OF WHAT IS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL HERE.

SO THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHIFT THE FOCUS AND WHY I THINK IT COULD BE AN IMPORTANT SIGNAL IN TERMS OF WORKING TOWARDS THE TERMS OF REFERENCE AND GETTING THE APPROPRIATE OUTCOME OUT OF THIS KIND OF STRATEGY.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER TO THE AMENDMENTS, COUNCILLOR MORSE? I MEAN, I THINK FOR ME, I STRUGGLE AS TO HOW THE CITY'S KIND OF BECOME INVOLVED IN THIS.

IT JUST DOESN'T STRIKE ME AS BEING WELL WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.

IT'S A BIT OF A PECULIAR ONE FOR ME.

AND I'M QUESTIONING THE LEVEL TO WHICH I MEAN, I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND GNWT INVESTS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR PROMOTING THE MINERAL INDUSTRY AND TRYING TO KIND OF OPEN THINGS UP AND ENSURING THE BUSINESS AND LIKE THE CITY IS CERTAINLY NOT, I DON'T THINK, COMING ANYWHERE CLOSE TO PROPOSING THAT SORT OF INVOLVEMENT.

AND SO I GUESS I'M JUST SORT OF QUESTIONING WHAT VALUE WE THINK THE CITY IS GOING TO BRING TO THE TABLE HERE. I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT THE CITY CAN'T BRING VALUE.

IT JUST IT STRIKES ME AS A PECULIAR PLACE FOR US TO BE IN AND I THINK KIND OF MAXIMIZING LOCAL BENEFIT STRATEGY.

AT LEAST IT KIND OF FOCUSES ON THE BENEFITS THAT WE'D BE BRINGING TO RESIDENTS, SO ANYWAY, I DON'T WANT TO DEBATE THIS TO DEATH, BUT IT'S YEAH, ANYWAY I SUPPORT THE MOTION.

THANKS. I GUESS WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE MINERAL INDUSTRY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE MINERAL STRATEGY IS SUPPOSED TO DO.

SO AGAIN, THE WORDING FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IS TO DEVELOP A MINERAL STRATEGY FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE THAT WILL IDENTIFY ACTIONS THE CITY COULD UNDERTAKE.

SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S NOT GOING TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE GNWT CAN DO.

SO THE GNWT NEEDS THEIR MINERAL STRATEGY.

AND THIS MINERAL STRATEGY WILL BE WHAT ACTIONS THE CITY CAN TAKE.

IF YOU GO AGAIN, THIS IS IN OUR COUNCIL PACKAGE.

SO IF YOU GO TO PAGE 219 IN THE PDF, IT HAS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.

SO THE FIRST BULLET POINTS IN THE MINERAL SECTOR IS ABOUT DEVELOPING A MINERAL STRATEGY.

THE FOURTH BULLET POINTS IN THE WHOLE MINING SECTOR IS ABOUT CAPTURE FOR YELLOWKNIFE MORE OF THE BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN THE NWT.

SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO CAPTURE THOSE BENEFITS IS BY HAVING A MINERAL STRATEGY THAT IDENTIFIES ACTIONS THE CITY WILL TAKE TOO.

SO THEY'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER, SO IN THE TERMS OF REFERENCE ON DEVELOPING A MINERAL STRATEGY, ADMINISTRATION WILL BE LOOKING AT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TO GET A BIT MORE OF WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE.

SO TO GIVE PEOPLE A BIT MORE CONTEXT THERE.

WITH THAT. TO THE AMENDMENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED. AND THAT'S DEFEATED WITH COUNCILLOR MORGAN AND MORSE IN FAVOR.

ANYTHING FURTHER TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.

SEEING NONE.

COUNCILLOR MORSE. THANK YOU.

I SHARE MANY OF MY THOUGHTS LAST WEEK AND I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF, BUT I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT MY COMMENTS ON THE MINERAL STRATEGY AND NOTED THAT AT LEAST I'VE GOT SOME CONSISTENCY GOING BECAUSE I SAID MANY OF THE SAME THINGS.

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AND I DO HAVE A QUITE A BIT OF CONCERN WITH CONTINUING TO THROW EGGS IN THE MINERAL EXTRACTION BASKET.

I WORKED PRETTY EXTENSIVELY AND INTIMATELY WITH THAT INDUSTRY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WATCHED APPLICATIONS TO EXPLORE DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THAT TIME.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR EXPANSION IN THE INDUSTRY.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT PUTTING OUR EGGS IN THAT BASKET AND RELYING ON IT. AND I'VE BEEN CLEAR ABOUT THAT SINCE DAY ONE.

IT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I RAN IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS THAT I FELT THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE MITIGATING THIS BECAUSE I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN WISH INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTO EXISTENCE THAT ARE GOING TO SUDDENLY MAKE MINES VIABLE.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT A MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CAN DO.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THE GNWT CAN DO.

WE CAN CERTAINLY CREATE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE MINES TO GO FORWARD.

BUT I THINK THAT IN A LOT OF CASES, EVEN IF THE MINDS ARE FULLY PERMITTED, THEY DON'T GO FORWARD. SO THAT TELLS ME THAT THE ENVIRONMENT MAY NOT BE THE ONLY PROBLEM.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR.

I THINK SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HEAR A COMMENT LIKE THAT AND THINK, OH, HE'S ANTI MINING.

AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR.

I'M NOT AT ALL I DON'T THINK I'M NAÏVE.

I DON'T THINK THAT I'M A PERSON WHO DOESN'T KNOW THE INDUSTRY QUITE WELL.

HAVING WORKED REGULATING IT FOR A LONG TIME, I THINK I AM BRINGING A REALISTIC VIEW TO THE TABLE OF WHAT I SEE ON THE GROUND AND WHAT I SEE OF THE INDUSTRY AND WHAT I SEE OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE PUT THEIR EGGS IN THIS BASKET AS WELL, IS THAT WHEN THE BOTTOM DROPS OUT OF THE BASKET, THEIR ECONOMIES DON'T LOOK VERY GOOD IF THEY HAVEN'T PLANNED WELL FOR IT. SO I APPRECIATE THE HUGE AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT YELLOWKNIFE HAS BENEFITED FROM OVER THE YEARS.

AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THAT IS GOING TO START DECLINING, WHICH IS WHY I EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR US TO GROW THINGS AND TO LOOK AT THINGS BEYOND.

WHILE I DEFINITELY SUPPORT CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO LOOK BEYOND AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING TO INVEST YOU NEVER PUT ALL OF YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.

AND I THINK THE CITY SHOULD BE THE SAME.

I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THE STRATEGY IN THIS CASE RECOGNIZES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SECTORS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S JUST THAT I FEEL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF EMERGING THINGS, PARTICULARLY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY THE STRATEGY IS A BIT MORE SILENT AND I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE INFORMATION THERE.

SO I WAS THINKING OF BRINGING FORWARD A MOTION, BUT FELT THAT PERHAPS IT WOULD BE UNDERDEVELOPED TO KIND OF JUST TRY AND TACK SOMETHING ON AS OPPOSED TO DEVELOP IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SO I'M GOING TO THINK THIS ONE THROUGH.

I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE STRATEGY, AS IS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

I THINK THAT THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD THINGS IN IT AND I DON'T WANT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO PUT MORE OF A FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN GROW AND DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY. I THINK IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY VALUABLE EXERCISE.

AND SO I'LL BE THINKING OF WAYS THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AND PERHAPS BRING THAT TO THE TABLE GOING FORWARD.

I JUST THINK IT'S SMART FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND KIND OF FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE BRING MORE JOBS INTO THIS TOWN IN WAYS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN THOUGHT OF IN THE PAST. AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN PUT MINES THAT ARE TO THAT KIND OF WORK TO HELP US SEE SOME THINGS THAT [INAUDIBLE] MIGHT NOT BE CURRENTLY SEEING.

SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THE STRATEGY.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR MORGAN. THANKS.

I MEAN, I HAVE LOOKED IN DETAIL THROUGH THE STRATEGY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY ACTIONS IN THERE, I THINK SOME OF WHICH COULD BE USEFUL FOR SURE. AND SO, LIKE COUNCILLOR MORSE I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS A WHOLE, BUT I DO FEEL THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT COULD BE IMPROVED.

I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IS PARTICULARLY STRATEGIC AND THAT IT MAINLY JUST REINFORCES STATUS QUO THINGS WE WERE ALREADY WORKING ON, WHICH IS FINE.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT REALLY HELPS US LAUNCH FORWARD INTO A NEW ERA OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE COMPLETELY CHANGE DIRECTION OR START ADOPTING

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BUT IN TERMS OF GIVING US SOME STRATEGIC VISION OF NEW EMERGING SECTORS OR HOW WE COULD REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES, I DON'T THINK THAT THE STRATEGY REALLY DOES THAT.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THESE KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES AND NOT JUST SORT OF DO EVERYTHING, BECAUSE I AM A LITTLE WORRIED THAT THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS PRETTY VAGUE AND OVERARCHING AND KIND OF COMMITS US TO DO EVERYTHING TO SUPPORT ALL BUSINESSES EVERYWHERE, SORT OF AT ALL TIMES, AND DOESN'T REALLY HELP US IDENTIFY REALLY TARGETED STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES PER SE.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING US TRY TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES GOING FORWARD, EVEN IF IT'S NOT PINPOINTED IN THE STRATEGY PER SE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR WILLIAMS. I JUST THOUGHT I'D CHIME IN AT THE END, JUST BECAUSE I HEARD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT POSSIBLY THESE MINERAL EXTRACTION AS NOT BEING INNOVATIVE ENOUGH FOR A MODERN ECONOMY OR THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.

LIKE I CERTAINLY SEE THAT TOURISM, ARTS AND CULTURE, MINERAL EXTRACTION, ALL CAN BE DONE IN A SORT OF MODERN, INNOVATIVE WAYS, LIKE, LOOK, WHAT DIAVIK HAS DONE OR RIO TINTO HAS DONE WITH TOURISM UP AT THE MINE SITE, SO THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT REALLY ALIGN WELL WITH CITY INITIATIVES.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE IS INNOVATION IN THIS PARTICULAR PLAN AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT FULLY. THANKS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, I'LL ADD MY TWO CENTS.

I THINK. AGAIN, GOVERNMENT'S JOB ISN'T TO CREATE BUSINESS, IT'S TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGES BUSINESS.

AND SO I THINK IT CAN BE CONSIDERED LIKE A PLAIN AND BORING.

AND IT'S NOT VERY SEXY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS OR THAT.

BUT THE STUFF THAT THE STRATEGY IS WORKING ON IS UPDATING THE ZONING BYLAW.

THAT'S A HUGE PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING TO COUNCIL THAT'S GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS, WHICH HAS AN IMPACT ON TOURISM.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE CANNABIS.

IT'S GOING TO TOUCH ON AGRICULTURE.

IT'S GOING TO WORK ON HOUSING, WHICH BUSINESSES IDENTIFY AS ONE OF THE PRESSING NEEDS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND TRYING TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES.

ACTION NUMBER 14 IS ABOUT IMPLEMENT THE INVESTMENT WORKER AND RESIDENT ATTRACTION STRATEGIES. AGAIN, OUR GOVERNMENT CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY INVESTMENT MATERIALS.

WHEN BUSINESSES WANT TO COME TO YELLOWKNIFE AND START UP WE DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY PROFILE OF STATISTICS. WE DON'T HAVE A QUARTERLY BUSINESS REPORT.

SO THERE'S TALK ABOUT A BUSINESS NAVIGATOR THAT'S GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH PROSPECTS AND LEADS ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO ENSURE NEEDS ARE BEING MET AND WORKING TO ASSESS ANY NAVIGATION NEEDS OF BUSINESSES.

SO I THINK THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF NOT SECTOR SPECIFIC, BUT TALKING ABOUT BUSINESSES AND SUPPORTING BUSINESS AND GROWING BUSINESS.

ANY BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO COME TO YELLOWKNIFE, IT DOES IDENTIFY ALSO OUR KEY CURRENT SECTORS, WHICH IS MINING AND TOURISM, AND IT TOUCHES ON ARTS AND CULTURE, WHICH HAS ALSO THE TOUCH WITH TOURISM.

SO I THINK A LOT OF THE QUOTE UNQUOTE BORING STUFF CAN BE CAN BE MISSED.

BUT DOING QUARTERLY MARKET RESEARCH WITH KPIS TO IMPLEMENT A BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAM THAT'S ABOUT GROWING ALL BUSINESSES IN YELLOWKNIFE AND NOT JUST ONE SECTOR, WHICH AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IS ABOUT BEYOND JUST THE CURRENT INDUSTRIES THAT WE HAVE.

SO I DO THINK THERE'S A LOT IN HERE AND WILL BE A GOOD ROAD MAP FOR ADMINISTRATION TO BE WORKING ON GOING FORWARD.

SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS PRESENTED.

SEEING NOTHING FURTHER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 15.

[15. Councillor Mufandaedza moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council appoint Ben McDonald and Dave Nickerson to the 2021 City of Yellowknife Board of Revision, and that an honorarium of $250 per day be paid to all community board members.]

I MOVE THAT COUNCIL, APPOINT BEN MCDONALD AND DAVE NICKERSON TO THE 2021 CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE BOARD OF REVISION AND THAT AN HONORARIUM OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS PER DAY BE PAID TO ALL COMMUNITY BOARD MEMBERS.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER.

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WE NEED THAT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

IT'S OUR PAST PRACTICE, BUT JUST TO ENSURE THAT COUNCILLORS STILL WANT TO CONTINUE TO NOTES AS OPPOSED TO OTHER COMMITTEES.

THESE ARE TWO FULL DAYS OF WORK PLUS THE PREP AHEAD OF TIME.

FAIR ENOUGH. OK, THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I NEED. THANK YOU.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[Items 16 & 17]

COUNCILLOR MORSE. THANK YOU.

I MOVE THAT ONE PURSUANT TO SECTION 137 OF THE CITIES TOWNS AND VILLAGES ACT SNWT 2003, ATHENA PRODROMIDIS BE APPOINTED AS THE BY-LAW OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE AND THAT THE TERM OF APPOINTMENT SHALL EXPIRE UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE AS A BYLAW OFFICER.

I DO HOPE I GOT THAT NAME CLOSE TO RIGHT.

THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE A SECONDER.

COUNCILLOR SMITH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, BORN AND RAISED NORTHERN RESIDENT, SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT.

COUNCILLOR WILLIAMS. SHALL WE CLARIFY THE PRONUNCIATION OF HER NAME? MS. BASSI-KELLETT DO YOU HAVE.

CERTAINLY DO MANY NORTHERNERS MAY KNOW HER DAD BILL PRODROMIDIS A RESIDENT OF FORT MCPHERSON. SO IT'S ATHENA PRODROMIDIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND APOLOGIES FOR MY BUTCHERING OF THAT NAME.

SEEING NO FURTHER.

ALL IN FAVOR. AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR? SEEING NONE THERE WERE NO NEW BYLAWS FOR THE AGENDA.

THERE WAS NO DEFERRED BUSINESS AND THERE WERE NO TABLED ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA.

IS THERE ANY DEFERRED BUSINESS OR ARE THERE ANY TABLE ITEMS FROM THE FLOOR? THERE IS NO OLD BUSINESS FOR THE AGENDA, IS THERE ONLY OLD BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR? THERE WERE NO NOTICES OF MOTION FOR THE AGENDA.

ARE THERE ANY NOTICES, A MOTION FROM THE FLOOR?

[26. A presentation from Glen Abernathy regarding Arctic Inspiration Prize Ambassador/Nominators.]

GLEN I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR ALTY. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALL VERY, VERY BUSY.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO HEAR ME OUT ON THE ARCTIC INSPIRATION PRIZE. AS YOU MAY KNOW, I'M NOW THE NWT REGION MANAGER FOR THE ARCTIC INSPIRATION PRIZE.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF REGIONS REPRESENTED.

I REPRESENT THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES.

I KNOW I ONLY HAVE SEVEN MINUTES, SO I'M GOING TO TALK FAST.

BEAR WITH ME. THE FIRST SLIDE JUST IDENTIFIES OR SHOWS A PICTURE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WON ONE OF THE PRIZES THIS YEAR.

IF WE JUMP FORWARD TWO SLIDES AND DO I MOVE THE SLIDES OR DOES SOMEBODY ELSE KINDLY DO THAT FOR ME. DEBBIE'S GOING TO MOVE THE SLIDES YEP.

THERE WE GO. YEAH, SO ON THE THIRD SLIDE, WE ACTUALLY SHOW ONE OF THE PRIZE WINNERS FROM A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THE 2017 LAUREATES.

THIS IS A GROUP IN YELLOWKNIFE WHO ACTUALLY WON A MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH THE ARCTIC INSPIRATION PRIZE.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT SHOWS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LAUREATE'S WINNERS IN THAT FROM LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR, THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES WAS ALSO A WINNER OF A MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE. THE ARCTIC INSPIRATION PRIZE IS THE LARGEST ANNUAL PRIZE IN CANADA.

AND WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS IMPORTANT PRIZE AS AN AMBASSADOR AND NOMINATOR. THE PRIZE ITSELF INSPIRES AND CELEBRATES THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE NORTH. IT'S NOT JUST THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, BUT THAT'S THE ENTIRE ARCTIC.

AND THROUGH ITS CHARITABLE TRUST, WITH AN ENDOWMENT OF FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS FROM AN AMAZING MAN NAMED ARNOLD WITZIG, THE AIP IS LED AND OWNED BY THE NORTH.

IT IS ENTIRELY FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH AND THAT'S PEOPLE FROM YUKON ALL THE WAY TO LABRADOR.

EVERY YEAR THERE IS ABOUT THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN SEED FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE TRUST TO SUPPORT PRIZES.

AND EVERY YEAR WE HOPE TO DISTRIBUTE UP TO THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN PRIZES.

WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOUSES OF THE NORTH FOR THE NORTH.

THERE ARE CO-OWNERS OF THIS PRIZE WHO ARE IN THE NORTH ACROSS THE ARCTIC, AND THESE

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IN THE NWT THE CO-OWNERS INCLUDE THE GWICH'IN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE DET’ON CHO MANAGEMENT, THE INUVIALUIT REGIONAL CORPORATION AND THE [INAUDIBLE] CORPORATION.

AND THE TRUSTEES THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING AND MAKING DECISIONS AROUND THE ARCTIC INSPIRATION PRIZE ARE HANNAH UNIUQSARAQ, WHO IS THE CHAIR FROM NUNAVUT. ERIN LINKLATER WHO IS THE VICE CHAIR FROM THE YUKON.

LUCY KUPTANA FROM IRC.

TIM BRODHEAD, WHO REPRESENTS PHILANTHROPY.

GLEN BROCKLEBANK HE'S A LAUREATE MEMBER.

MARTIN FORTIER HE REPRESENTS SCIENCE.

CLINT DAVIS, WHO REPRESENTS INDUSTRY.

WE'VE GOT WALLY SCHUMANN WHO REPRESENTS THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, ARNOLD WITZIG, WHO IS A CO-FOUNDER, AND MAGGIE EMUDLUK FROM NUNAVIK.

CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? OK, SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF PRIZES, THERE'S THE ONE MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE, THERE ARE UP TO FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR PRIZE AND THERE'S UP TO SEVEN YOUTH PRIZES OF UP TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH.

LAST YEAR WE ALLOCATED THE ONE MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE, THE FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR PRIZES AND TWO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PRIZES.

SO THERE WERE CERTAINLY SOME ROOM FOR SOME MORE APPLICATIONS.

WE SURE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE APPLICATIONS OVER TIME.

CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? AND THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU CAN SKIP THAT ONE AS WELL.

THIS SHEET JUST SHOWS THE JURISDICTIONS THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FROM.

AS I SAID, IT'S FROM NUNAVIK, YUKON ALL THE WAY OVER TO LABRADOR.

THIS SLIDE BASICALLY WALKS THROUGH SOME OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE FOLLOW WITH THE ARCTIC INSPIRATION PRIZE. AT NUMBER ONE, WE DO A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS, NOMINATIONS COME IN.

THERE IS AN ELIGIBILITY REVIEW.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT THE RIDEAU HALL FOUNDATION OF CANADA DOES FOR US.

THEY ACTUALLY HELP US WITH SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS PRIZE.

AND THEN THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED TO THE REGIONAL COMMITTEES FOR THE YUKON NUNAVUT AND INUIT NUNANGAT.

THE REGIONAL SELECTION COMMITTEE IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES CONSISTS OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES.

AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE DANNY [INAUDIBLE], LEELA GILDAY, [INAUDIBLE].

AND THERE IS ALSO PAUL GRUNER AND VERNA POPE.

VERNA POPE IS FROM [INAUDIBLE].

SHE IS THE CHAIR OF THE REGIONAL SELECTION COMMITTEE.

TWO MEMBERS OF OUR REGIONAL SELECTION COMMITTEE LEELA GILDAY AND DANNY [INAUDIBLE] ACTUALLY SIT ON THE NATIONAL SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE. IF YOU GET A CHANCE, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LINK AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR PAST LAUREATES.

CAN YOU SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL? NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE'D LIKE YOU TO GET [INAUDIBLE] HOW WE'D LIKE YOU TO GET INVOLVED, AND THAT'S BASICALLY HOW DOES SOMEBODY BECOME A NOMINEE? FIRST YOU GET AN IDEA, THEN YOU GET PREPARED.

YOU BUILD A TEAM, FIND YOUR SUPPORTERS.

YOU SUBMITTED A LETTER OF INTENT.

WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DO THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

YOU WOULD SUBMIT THAT TO THE ADDRESS ON THE WEB PAGE.

BUT BASICALLY, IT GOES TO THE RIDEAU HALL FOUNDATION IT WILL HELP YOU POINT YOU TO IN SOME RIGHT DIRECTIONS. AND THEN YOU NEED TO CONNECT WITH SOMEBODY HOPEFULLY LIKE YOURSELVES, WHERE THE AMBASSADOR NOMINATORS, WHO WILL THEN COMPLETE THE SUBMISSION BY SUBMITTING A LETTER OF INTENT.

THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE INTENDED TO BE IMPORTANT IF WE HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES, BUT WE DON'T. SO I'M GOING TO SKIP THE NEXT SLIDE, IT'S THE ONE THAT SAYS, GET AN IDEA, GET PREPARED, SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTENT.

AND THEN AMBASSADOR NOMINATOR, WHICH IS A COUPLE OF PAGES IN, TWO MORE FROM WHERE WE'RE SHOWING RIGHT NOW. THERE WE ARE.

SO WHAT IS AN AMBASSADOR NOMINATOR WHAT IS IT THAT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO WITH AND FOR US.

AND AMBASSADOR NOMINATORS ARE AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE ARCTIC INSPIRATION PRIZE FAMILY AS AN AMBASSADOR NOMINATOR WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE PRIZE.

YOU'LL ACTIVELY SEEK OUT TEAMS AND PROJECTS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY.

YOU GET TO BE AN OFFICIAL NOMINATOR BY WRITING THE ACTUAL OFFICIAL NOMINATION LETTERS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SUBMITTING AND YOU GET TO CELEBRATE WITH THE WINNERS.

ASK YOUR MAYOR HOW THAT ONE FEELS.

NEXT SLIDE. CAN I HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE? THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. SO THE TRUSTEES SORRY, THE TRUSTEES ARE LOOKING FOR AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU AS AN AMBASSADOR NOMINATOR.

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THE TRUSTEES, WHEN I TOOK DIRECTION FROM THEM, THEY'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE POLITICIANS AT ALL LEVELS ACROSS THE ARCTIC, IN MY CASE, ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES TO BE AMBASSADOR NOMINATORS.

THIS INCLUDES INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS, COMMUNITY GOVERNMENTS AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS.

WE'VE ALSO WE WILL BE INVITING SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT IN GOVERNMENT, AND WE WILL BE SEEKING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE REALLY HIGH PROFILE POSITIONS OR ROLES WITHIN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. NEXT SLIDE.

SO AS AN AMBASSADOR NOMINATOR, WE DO MAKE SOME TOOLS AVAILABLE.

WE HAVE AN AMBASSADOR NOMINATOR TOOLKIT.

WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POSTERS AND A NUMBER OF LANGUAGES THAT WE CAN MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO USE THEM ON YOUR WEBSITE, IF YOU WANT TO USE THEM IN YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE'VE ALSO GOT A NUMBER OF SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS THAT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO IN AND LIKE OR SHARE. WE ALSO, AND IT'S NOT ON THIS LIST, HAVE A LIST OF TWEETS AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MAY CHOOSE TO USE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED TO HELP ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PURSUE THE PRIZE. IF YOU AGREE TO BE AN AMBASSADOR NOMINATOR, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR NAME, YOUR LOGO, YOUR TITLE, YOUR PHONE NUMBER ON OUR AMBASSADOR PAGE SO THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR AMBASSADORS CAN GO DIRECTLY TO YOU.

YOUR ROLE IS FAIRLY SIMPLE.

LIKE I SAID, SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH YOUR OWN EXISTING NETWORKS AND WRITING LETTERS OF NOMINATION FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT YOU THINK FIT YOUR BACKGROUND, THE TYPES OF THINGS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AND THINGS THAT YOU THINK WILL BRING REAL BENEFIT TO THE NORTH. BUT ONCE ALL THAT'S DONE AND WE HAVE AMBASSADORS WHO ARE WRITING THE LETTERS IN THE COMPLETE APPLICATION PACKAGES WILL BE SUBMITTED, AND THAT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

I'M GOING REALLY FAST.

JUST BEAR WITH ME. SEVEN MINUTES ISN'T A LONG TIME.

I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU'RE ALMOST [INAUDIBLE] WHILE YOU'RE AT THE END OF SEVEN MINUTES, BUT I SEE IT'S A GOOD THING I'M ALMOST DONE.

SO BASICALLY WHAT I'M HERE TO DO IS TO ASK YOU IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THE ARCTIC INSPIRATION PRIZE TEAM.

AND DO YOU WANT TO SHARE THE INFORMATION AND BE A NOMINATOR FOR THE AMAZING PROJECTS THAT EXIST WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THE NORTH? BASICALLY, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GLEN.

YEAH, I'VE BEEN AN AMBASSADOR, I GUESS, FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AND I'VE NOMINATED A COUPLE OF GROUPS, INCLUDING MAKERSPACE THIS PAST YEAR, WHICH WON.

SO NOT TOO MUCH WORK, DEFINITELY JUST YOU WRITE A LETTER AND GET TO FIND OUT ABOUT LOTS OF COOL PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I GUESS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU'VE GOT GLEN'S CONTACT INFORMATION AND HE'D BE HAPPY TO CHAT FURTHER WITH YOU. AND I BELIEVE COUNCILLOR MORGAN WAS INTERESTED IN SIGNING UP AND ANY OTHER COUNCILLORS, I GUESS YOU CAN JUST PUT UP YOUR HANDS IF YOU WANT TO OR THINK ABOUT IT AND GET BACK TO GLEN ON THAT.

SEE SEVEN MINUTES AND, YOU LEFT EVERYBODY YEAH, EXACTLY. I APPRECIATE THE TIME ONCE AGAIN.

AND LIKE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING AN AMBASSADOR, REACH OUT TO ME AND I WILL GET YOU ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE OR WOULD LIKE.

IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY PRIZES LIKE THIS IN THE COUNTRY.

IT IS THE ONLY PRIZE LIKE THIS IN THE COUNTRY.

AND I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH A NUMBER OF THE LAUREATES AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T MENTION IN THE PRESENTATION IS WE GIVE OUT UP TO THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT FIFTEEN POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN SPENDING ACROSS THE ARCTIC EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE MANY OF THE LAUREATES HAVE, IN TURN BECAUSE OF THIS PRIZE, BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN OTHER FUNDING.

SO REALLY, THE BENEFIT OF THE ARCTIC INSPIRATION PRIZE ISN'T OUR THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S THE LEVERAGING POSSIBILITIES THAT ARE CREATED FROM THE PRIZE AND THE MONEY THAT FOLLOWS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN TASKED WITH, AS WELL AS WHAT I'M DOING HERE TODAY IS I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH RIDEAU HALL FOUNDATION [INAUDIBLE] SOUTHERN PHILANTHROPY TO BRING MORE SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERS TO THESE AMAZING ARCTIC PROJECTS AND MORE MONEY TO THE NORTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GLEN, AND THANKS FOR COMING TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, I'M SURE NOT ONLY COUNCIL, BUT RESIDENTS AND NGOS APPRECIATE THAT WORK OF MORE FUNDING IN THE NORTH TO HELP GROW THESE PROJECTS.

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YEP, EXACTLY.

ALL RIGHT. PERFECT.

I'LL SEND YOU A LETTER. OK, PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

GREAT. WITH THAT NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES.

THERE WERE NO ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES FOR THE AGENDA.

ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES FROM THE FLOOR? SEEING NONE MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOVED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH SECOND BY COUNCILLOR MORGAN, ANYBODY OPPOSED.

SEEING NONE.

NEXT MEETING IS GPC TUESDAY, APRIL 6TH, WOO HOO.

ENJOY A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF.

WELL WE STILL WORK.

BUT JUST NO MEETINGS. SEE YA EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.