“These policies represent more than six months of research, discussion, revision and consensus-building,” said NWT Chamber President Ann Marie Tout.

 

“As a Board we’re extremely proud of the fact we’ve been able to get these four critical issues – which together have the potential to foster economic development and usher in a new age of prosperity across all regions of the NWT – included in the national discussion.”

 

The four policies spur the federal government to action on four primary fronts: Reforming the regulatory regime; Building an all-weather, north-south Trans Canada Highway through the Mackenzie Valley; Investing in strategic NWT hydro electric projects, and; Taking steps to ensure the Mackenzie Gas Project advances in a timely manner.

 

A PDF version of the handbook is now available on the Chamber website, www.nwtchamber.com, in the Public Documents section.

 

The printed version will be used by the Chamber when meeting with public officials and decision makers or at trade shows as a means of strengthening the membership.

 

“The Chamber would like to thank our Diamond Sponsor NT Hydro Corporation, as well as our Gold Sponsors Lawson Lundell LLP, the Mackenzie Aboriginal Corporation and the North West Company,” said NWT Chamber Executive Director John Curran. “Without their support this handbook would never have moved beyond the discussion phase.”

 

In association with the network of community chambers of commerce in Fort Simpson, Inuvik, Behchoko, Norman Wells, Fort Smith, Hay River and Yellowknife as well as the Northern Aboriginal Business Association, the NWT Chamber of Commerce represents the interests of more than 865 members. For more than 35 years, it has been the only pan-territorial voice of business across all sectors of the Northern economy.