Letters

LETTER FROM THE PREMIER, to Yellowknife and NWT Chambers of Commerce and NWT/Nunavut Chamber of Mines. I have recently been made aware that the NWT Chamber of Commerce is conducting an online survey of its members suggesting that the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has dropped the Slave Geologic Province Corridor in favour of…

Letter of Support for CDETNO – Women Strength through the Employment Program The NWT Chamber of Commerce is happy to support CDETNO’s application for the Women Strength through the Employment Program.  This program is an unburned, client-focused pathway to short and medium-term employment for multi-barriered, racialized, and indigenous women in the North Slave region of the…

Minimum Wage Letter Together with the Hay River Chamber of Commerce and Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce, the NWT Chamber of Commerce has issued a letter to Minister RJ Simpson in regards to the recently announced increase to the minimum wage on September 01, 2021: The NWT Chamber of Commerce represents over 100 members and over…

Letter of Support for Application to the National Trade Corridors Fund The NWT Chamber of Commerce gladly provided our letter of support to Minister Diane Archie, supporting the GNWT applying to the National Trade Corridors Fund for funding in regards to the Slave Geological Province Access Corridor including the replacement of the Frank Channel Bridge…

Letter regarding the COVID-19 Secretariat The NWT Chamber of Commerce has sent the below letter to Premier Cochrane with supporting signatures from the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce, Thebacha Chamber of Commerce, and Fort Simpson Chamber of Commerce The NWT Chamber has issued this letter after receiving several concerns from our membership regarding the money being spent…

Letter to Minister Miller and Minister Morneau requesting a roll out of Indigenous Business Supports The NWT Chamber of Commerce with support from the NWT Indigenous Leaders Economic Coalition and Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce; has issued a letter requesting our official ask to have the program(s) for Indigenous Business Support announced April 18th to be rolled out as soon…

Joint Letter to Washington Companies LLP Together with the NWT & NU Chamber of Mines and the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce, the NWT Chamber sent a joint letter to Washington Companies LLP in regards to Dominion Diamonds Mines ULC – full letter

Letter to Premier Cochrane requesting immediate moratorium on commercial evictions An urgent letter from Chambers of Commerce to Canada’ Premiers Re: May 1 commercial rent payments Today the NWT Chamber of Commerce released an urgent letter to Premier Cochrane requesting a moratorium on commercial evictions due to the issues and gaps in the Canada Emergency…