While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Premier R.J. Simpson.
Prime Minister Mark Carney in March put the North at the centre of Canada’s economic and security agenda when he announced more than $40 billion of investments in defence, economic corridors and electrification in our Northern and Arctic region. Article content For the Northwest Territories, that commitment has begun to take shape with the referral of three nation-building projects to...
As mining and investment leaders gather in Toronto this week for the annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference, the Northwest Territories (NWT) is once again front and centre in the conversation about Canada’s critical minerals future. With global demand soaring and geopolitical tensions heightening the need for secure supply chains, the NWT is uniquely positioned to help...
The North is Canada’s next horizon. Through strategic investments in the NWT — in housing, infrastructure, climate resilience, and critical minerals — the federal government has the opportunity to unlock the North’s enormous potential for the benefit of all Canadians.