PHOTO: Consul General Maria Andrelita S. Austria calls on the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories (NWT) Speaker Jackson Lafferty, who spoke about their government’s open-door policy and their desire to create more opportunities for foreigners to come in and be part of their community on 29 October 2018. (Vancouver PCG photo)
Consul General Austria is given a guided tour of the Legislative Assembly of NWT and invited to witness the proceedings of the Third Session of the 18th Legislative Assembly at the Chamber, where the Speaker announced her presence. (Vancouver PCG photo)
The Honourable Bob McLeod (right), Premier of the Northwest Territories, presents Consul General Austria with a token of appreciation, following their meeting, where they discussed NWT’s great need for more people to support their traditional resource-based industries and the expansion of their knowledge economy, as well as to staff a large, new and modern hospital targeted for opening in May 2019. (Vancouver PCG photo)
NWT Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment Deputy Minister Tom Jensen (center) briefs Consul General Austria on the economic overview of the Northwest Territories. According to him, the NWT is a resource-based economy, with mining as the key driver. With geological potential in gold, diamonds, and oil and gas, the NWT hopes to bring in more Filipinos skilled in trades and mining. (Vancouver PCG photo)
NWT Tourism and Parks Director Evan Waltz (center) hosts lunch for Consul General Austria at Bullocks Bistro, one of Yellowknife’s iconic restaurants in Old Town, while sharing with her the government’s tourism road map, identifying the Philippines, along with Mexico, India and Australia, as one of its new markets. With them is Ms. Carmen Moore, Chief of Protocol (right). (Vancouver PCG photo)
Consul General Austria meets with Chief Superintendent Jamie Zettler of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who informed her that there have been no Filipinos arrested or detained in the NWT for a long time and assured her that procedures are in place that would include contacting Post in the event of an arrest. (Vancouver PCG photo)