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The Government of the Northwest Territories has identified and implemented over 140 initiatives and investments to advance the 16th Assembly’s vision of Northerners Working Together Premier Floyd K. Roland told Members of the Legislative Assembly today.

“These initiatives and investments – above and beyond our day-to-day work as government – recognize and reflect the importance of looking...towards our future,” the Premier said today in his Sessional Statement opening the Assembly’s 4th session.

“During a period that has been challenged by the difficult and emotional task of putting our financial house in order, the economic realities of a global recession and the need to address critical issues such as H1N1 and the dramatic decline of the Bathurst Caribou herd – we have initiated, implemented and completed an incredible amount of work.”

The Premier also outlined the GNWT’s priorities for the months to come. They include championing the development of transportation infrastructure, finalizing a deal on Devolution and resource revenue sharing, and advancing the Mackenzie Gas Project over its final hurdles.

“These are important initiatives,” said the Premier, “and it is my hope that we can also advance work towards a common vision for the political development of our territory to ensure that, in the future... key decisions affecting the NWT, are made here in the NWT.”'

The Premier's full statement may be read at http://www.exec.gov.nt.ca/currentnews/speechDetails.asp?varStatement_ID=876

For more information, contact:

Andrew Matthews
Communications Officer
Office of the Premier & Executive Council
(867) 669-2302