2016-2017 N.W.T. budget address live blog
The first budget of the N.W.T.'s 18th Legislative Assembly was tabled Wednesday in Yellowknife. CBC reporters were at the assembly, tweeting highlights from the address and the budget.
CBC's Guy Quenneville and Ollie Williams tweeted through budget speech Wednesday
The first budget of the N.W.T.'s 18th Legislative Assembly was presented Wednesday by Finance Minister Robert C McLeod in an address at 1:30 p.m. MT.
Prior to the presentation, the territory's leaders warned of spending cuts, saying that the N.W.T. must "live within its means," and that they aim to lower spending but raise revenues.
Last week, 58 people who work for the territorial government were warned they may lose their jobs as the government faces a looming fiscal challenge related to declining resource production and a major slowdown in mineral exploration.
CBC North's Guy Quenneville (@gq_in_yk) and Ollie Williams (@OllieNWT) were at the budget speech tweeting live. Check out the blog replay below.