Monthly Communication Report

Registrant name:	Greg Seniuk
Client:	Northwest Territories Association of Communities
Associated registration:	945213-371397-4
Communication date:	2024-10-23
Posted date:	2024-11-15

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:	Trevor Bhupsingh, Associate Deputy Minister Public Safety Canada (PS)
List of Details Subject matter Detail Climate, Infrastructure, Research and Development The scale of the Climate Change Challenge in the NWT far exceeds the capacity of the Territorial or local governments to address and will require a considerable fiscal investment by the federal government first to finish articulating the scope and scale of the challenge as well as actually mitigating and addressing those impacts. Climate, Infrastructure, Municipalities, Regional Development The unique conditions of Northern and remote communities greatly affect how municipal infrastructure is built and maintained. Northern communities have unique realities that need to be addressed in program design through flexibility in how funding is disbursed and how programs are applied to Northern communities. For example, construction seasons in the North are much shorter than southern municipalities.