REDP North Slave Final Report 2023

Highest Priority Government Actions Amongst North Slave Region’s Representatives

Increase investment in private sector and building capacity for local businesses (e.g., capital for business development; capacity to grow agriculture; long-term planning; invest in local construction businesses to decrease reliance on southern contractors; incentives for operators; economic instead of social programming; prioritize businesses that produce products sold outside of the NWT, especially tech; increase access to funding/early stage capital; identify opportunities; assistance in accessing existing programming; support entrepreneurship) Address regulatory issues and undertake legislative reforms (e.g., clarify; simplify; address current issues; easing processes for mining development; devolve control over developable land within the municipal boundary to the city of Yellowknife; coordinated actions between varying levels of government) Building relationships with Indigenous communities, local business and industry representatives and other partners (e.g., settling land claims; develop better relationships between private businesses and government) Arts & tourism (e.g., tourism infrastructure; eco-tourism; Yellowknife as a destination) Infrastructure (e.g., caps on costs for housing and other types of infrastructure; hydro expansion, Slave Geological Province Corridor) Education (e.g., provide workshops for business training; train and educate residents) Immigration (e.g., implement an aggressive program with reduced red tape)