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Federal money for Arctic projects should go the the territories: N.W.T premier
Premier Simpson highlighted the territories’ fiscal limits and smaller tax bases, urging that the $1 billion Arctic Infrastructure Fund focus solely on territorial projects.
- R.J. Simpson, N.W.T. Premier, urged Ottawa during a premiers' meeting in Ottawa that federal Arctic funding should go to the territories, emphasizing their need for priority.
- Because the territorial legislative structure limits borrowing, Simpson said the territories need federal priority since provinces have larger populations and corporate tax bases.
- On Wednesday, the three territorial leaders met with federal Transportation Minister Steve MacKinnon while Transport Canada develops the Arctic Infrastructure Fund as terms remain unsettled.
- The federal budget committed a $1 billion Arctic Infrastructure Fund, while Simpson warned that funds for the North should go to the territories, as Transport Canada develops the plan, during a Wednesday meeting.
- Officials say the details haven't been determined yet, and territorial leaders await clarity from Ottawa while Nunavut Premier John Main argued the Port of Churchill should benefit the Kivalliq region of Nunavut amid contested definitions of 'the North'.
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Federal money for Arctic projects should go to the territories: N.W.T. premier
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