The GNWT spent more than $45,000 bringing the Northern message on climate change to the recent United Nations SA国际影视传媒淐OP26SA国际影视传媒� conference in Scotland.
Two MLAs and two senior staffers attended the event at an estimated cost of $45,235.26, according to cabinet spokesperson Trista Haugland.
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The delegation this year included Environment and Natural Resources Minister Shane Thompson, Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby, Shawn McCann, deputy secretary of Indigenous and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Cory Doll, manager of Climate Change and Air Quality with the territorial government.
Haugland said the breakdown in costs for all four delegates included $27,595.76 for air, ground and incidental transportation, $12,489 for hotel/lodging, $5,150.50 for meals and incidentals.
Thompson and Nokleby flew business class while McCann and Doll flew economy. Haugland said the federal government paid the registration fees for the NWT participants.
Indigenous representation
Haugland said the territorial government said that there was no Indigenous leadership from the NWT, but there were First peoples from elsewhere in Canada as part of the the countrySA国际影视传媒檚 overall delegation.
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During the delegatesSA国际影视传媒� time at the conference, Haugland said participants took part in numerous events but most deliverables from the conference arenSA国际影视传媒檛 expected to be made public right away.
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SA国际影视传媒淭he minister also did a daily briefing with the Simon Fraser University Canadian Cities at COP26 briefing.
SA国际影视传媒淭he department will be sharing conference learnings internally, and Minister Thompson will be following up with federal ministers to discuss future opportunities for collaboration.SA国际影视传媒�
