On Wednesday SA国际影视传媒� within a hairSA国际影视传媒檚 breadth of an election SA国际影视传媒� the NDP will be the last party in the riding to nominate a candidate.

InuvikSA国际影视传媒檚 Mary Beckett is one of over 80 candidates the party promised to nominate before the end of the week. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 close call for the NWT, a previous NDP stronghold held by MP Dennis Bevington for almost a decade.

Beckett, who owns Beckett Business Centre and Blue Ice Essentials, is nonplussed. She plans to SA国际影视传媒渃ampaign hard between now and election day. Because ISA国际影视传媒檓 going to win,SA国际影视传媒� she told Inuvik Drum.

She said sheSA国际影视传媒檚 been working toward the nomination since July when party members encouraged her to run. She attributes the partySA国际影视传媒檚 long vetting process to the delay, saying thatSA国际影视传媒檚 SA国际影视传媒渢he reason things have been quiet.SA国际影视传媒�

On top of the wait, the NDP has also drawn fire for its federal-level fundraising. Election CanadaSA国际影视传媒檚 recently posted filings show the NDP ended 2018 in a deficit of $4.5 million SA国际影视传媒� a 17-year low. The party also ended the year with a deficit of $3.1 million, which at the time was its worst in at least 17 years, when Elections Canada first posted filings on its website.

Despite the partySA国际影视传媒檚 finances, Beckett said she wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 worried about her supporting campaign. Unlike the Liberals or Conservatives, the NDP has always lacked donors with pocketbooks and tends to run SA国际影视传媒渓ean,SA国际影视传媒� she said.

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Bevington was asked if he was worried about the party since its change of fortune in 2015, when the Liberals swept aside the NDPSA国际影视传媒檚 2011 Orange Wave that saw it become the official opposition. He said he wasn't concerned.

SA国际影视传媒淚 think that means the people who live in the Northwest Territories are still quite supportive of New Democratic Party principles and policies,SA国际影视传媒� he said, arguing that earlier polling in 2015 was in the NDPSA国际影视传媒檚 favour, though the party currently polls as a distant third, not far from the Greens in fourth.

In the four years since, he said SA国际影视传媒渄iscontentSA国际影视传媒� around Inuvik and the North has grown with the governing Liberals following the governmentSA国际影视传媒檚 moratorium on off-shore development.

Bevington, who will be campaigning with Beckett through the South Slave this month, said BeckettSA国际影视传媒檚 background in Inuvik will be an asset.

SA国际影视传媒淭hereSA国际影视传媒檚 no doubt about it. ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 going to help her a lot,SA国际影视传媒� he said. As the largest community north of the Arctic circle, SA国际影视传媒渋nternationally and nationally that region is very important to Canada. (There are) things going on in the region and the Arctic of Canada. Her familiarity with that region is very important.SA国际影视传媒�

He added that Beckett was SA国际影视传媒渙ne woman among three men. I think she represents a lot there as well.SA国际影视传媒�

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This October, Beckett will be facing off with an incumbent Liberal government and a resurgent Green Party. Despite its gains, Bevington downplayed the Greens, saying party leader Elizabeth MaySA国际影视传媒檚 recent visit to Yellowknife left the impression that its platform was  SA国际影视传媒渁 mile wide and an inch deep.SA国际影视传媒�

Nevertheless, as the Green Party jockeys to peel off progressive voters from the NDP, Beckett said the party standards of government support and services will win residents over.

SA国际影视传媒淚 donSA国际影视传媒檛 see the Greens as a progressive vote,SA国际影视传媒� she said about efforts to create a green economy. SA国际影视传媒淭heySA国际影视传媒檙e progressive on climate change, but on everything else, theySA国际影视传媒檙e basically conservative.SA国际影视传媒�

She promised to develop job supports, employment and save money on utility bills. "Which is a lot better deal than a simple carbon tax, which may or not reach greenhouse gas targets theySA国际影视传媒檙e aiming for in the next 200 years, let alone in the timeframe thatSA国际影视传媒檚 required,SA国际影视传媒� Beckett said.

Of the current government and MP Michael McLeod, Beckett said there was a larger pattern of Ottawa foisting unasked-for polices on the North. She pointed to the moratorium on offshore natural resource development.

ItSA国际影视传媒檚 SA国际影视传媒渃olonialSA国际影视传媒� and SA国际影视传媒減aternalisticSA国际影视传媒�, she said. SA国际影视传媒淣atural resource development is the lifeblood of the Northwest Territories. Beckett added that while tourism is an option, thereSA国际影视传媒檚 little manufacturing, and hunting and trapping is no longer a viable export.

As MP, she said decisions around exploration, export and development of natural resources should be at least a collaborative decision with respective Indigenous governments. Moving forward, she hopes to act as a critic pushing decisionmakers toward accountability.

SA国际影视传媒淚 want to stand there and hold people accountable for the promises theySA国际影视传媒檙e making,SA国际影视传媒� Beckett said.