The NWT government has opened a window for residents to say how the territory should spend its money in the 2025-26 financial year.
What the GNWT calls its “budget dialogues” are now open online, with a deadline of September 20 for feedback, or you can attend an in-person session on the evening of September 3 at Yellowknife’s Chateau Nova Hotel.
“With rising costs in key areas such as healthcare and climate-related expenses straining the territory’s financial capacity, the work leading to the development and tabling of the 2025-26 budget is critical,” the territory stated in a brief news release on Tuesday.
“Budget Dialogues 2024 are an opportunity to share your views on how the Government of the Northwest Territories can ensure every dollar is spent in the best way to support the territory’s needs.”
An online survey asks you to set out how you would spend money if you ran the GNWT, where you would find “efficiencies and savings,” and where you think new sources of revenue could come from.
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Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek will lead sessions with Indigenous and community governments, businesses and other groups as part of the same process.
Feedback will be compiled into a report later this year before the GNWT presents its 2025-26 budget next spring.
