Some NWT MLAs say budget doesn’t do enough to advance priorities

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Some NWT MLAs say budget doesn’t do enough to advance priorities – Cabin Radio

by ahnationtalk on February 7, 202561 Views

February 7, 2025

Some regular MLAs say the NWT’s new budget does little to advance the 20th Legislative Assembly’s priorities.

Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek delivered the 2025-26 operating budget on Thursday, which she described as “using the resources that we have for change” amid a time of uncertainty.

Wawzonek said the proposed budget represented “stability for today and tomorrow” without what she termed as “dramatic additions.”

The budget will go to a vote in the coming weeks. Cabinet needs the support of enough regular MLAs that a majority of territorial politicians back the financial plan in order for it to pass. There are seven cabinet members in the 19-member legislature, while the speaker only votes in the case of a tie.