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Please join Alternatives North and the Basic Income Canada Network on Wednesday, February 15, 1:30-3:30pm for an online forum to learn about how a Basic Income Guarantee works and share your ideas on how one could be developed for the Northwest Territories. If you can ...
Read moreBiomass District Heating System in Downtown Yellowknife can Reduce Emissions, Save Customers Money on Heating, and turn a Profit. Continuing its work identifying cost-effective GHG reductions in the NWT, Alternatives North commissioned a detailed economic feasibility study on a Biomass District Heating System in Downtown ...
Read moreWe’re looking for your ideas on what a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) could look like in the Northwest Territories. Guaranteed income programs like Old Age Security and the Canada Child Benefit help, but they don’t work perfectly and they don’t include everyone. Even though many ...
Read moreThis submission provides feedback on the proposed changes to the GNWT Extended Health Benefits program. Read the submission here: https://alternativesnorth.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/alternatives-north-submission-for-expansion-of-extended-health-benefits.pdf
Read moreThe Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC) has launched its farewell book, “Lines in the Snow”. The book is a look back at some of the issues CARC tackled over its 50-year history, but also a look forward to the future of some of those issues. The ...
Read moreAlternatives North’s Annual General Meeting will be held from 12pm-1pm on Wednesday, October 26th, 2022. The meeting will take place at our regular meeting place: the Law Society Boardroom, 4th floor Diamond Plaza Building, Yellowknife. Participation by Zoom is also possible. Contact alternativesnorthinfo@gmail.com for more ...
Read moreAlternatives North, along with 240 other organizations, joined the Gwich’in Steering Committee’s call to global insurers to commit to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from the harms of fossil fuel development. Read the letter from the Gwich’in Steering Committee, here: https://alternativesnorth.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/gwichin-steering-committee-to-insurance-companies-organizatio-sign-on-letter-9.7.22.pdf
Read moreAlternatives North has published a handout about NWT mineral royalties: Mineral Royalties: How much public benefit from our public resources? The NWT royalty regime is in the process of being reviewed, now is the time to provide feedback! Send comments to the attention of “Mineral ...
Read moreAlternatives North has released its calculation of the living wage required by NWT families, withupdates for Yellowknife, Hay River and Inuvik, and the first-ever calculations of a living wage forFort Smith. See the 2022 NWT Living Wage Report, 2022 NWT Plain Language Living Wage Report, ...
Read moreNWT Member of the Legislative Assembly Kevin O’Reilly gave a presentation on the natural resource revenues situation in the NWT. See the video of the presentation and the power point slides.
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