NWT leaders, in Ottawa, discuss cost and timeline for major projects – Cabin Radio
October 8, 2025
Leaders in the Northwest Territories want Ottawa’s new Major Projects Office to help determine the cost of nation-building infrastructure projects in the territory.
At a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday morning, territorial and Indigenous leaders told reporters the territory needed the federal government’s support to advance major infrastructure projects including the proposed Arctic Economic and Security Corridor, Mackenzie Valley Highway and Taltson hydro expansion.
The meeting was attended by Premier RJ Simpson, Ɂek’wahtı̨dǝ́ Danny Gaudet of the Délı̨nę Got’ı̨nę Government, Chief Ernest Betsina of Yellowknives Dene First Nation, President Garry Bailey of Northwest Territory Métis Nation and deputy premier Caroline Wawzonek.
