Legislature(2001 - 2002)
03/21/2002 01:10 PM House EDT
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND TOURISM
March 21, 2002
1:10 p.m.
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
OVERVIEW: PACIFIC NW ECONOMIC REGION RE: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
REGIONAL PARTNERS
TAPES
02-4, SIDE(S) A
CALL TO ORDER
REPRESENTATIVE LESIL McGUIRE, Chair, called the House Special
Committee on Economic Development, Trade and Tourism to order at
1:10 p.m.
PRESENT
Committee members present were Representatives McGuire, Green,
Morgan, Dyson, Crawford, Guess, and Rokeberg.
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
BARRY PENNER, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), British
Columbia; Vice President Canada, Pacific NorthWest Economic
Region (PNWER), thanked the committee for allowing the
opportunity to address various members of the legislature and
introduced the rest of the delegation. Mr. Penner commented on
various issues that are similar in Alaska and British Columbia.
He offered to work together to try to increase tourism between
the two regions. He informed members that he was willing to
help write a resolution to the Canadian government regarding
cross-border issues.
MATT MORRISON, Executive Director, Pacific NorthWest Economic
Region, mainly discussed PNWER and how it affects the regional
members. Mr. Morrison talked about legislation in Washington
State that will help in homeland and binational security. He
also discussed the upcoming PNWER meeting in June, addressing
the various topics that will be discussed.
SUKUMAR PERIWAL, Senior Policy Analyst in the Intergovernmental
Relations Secretariat, spoke briefly about British Columbia's
role in PNWER and its anticipated involvement.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There were no announcements.
COMMITTEE ACTION
The committee took no action.
ADJOURNMENT
CHAIR McGUIRE adjourned the House Special Committee on Economic
Development, Trade and Tourism meeting at 1:59 p.m.
NOTE: The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were
taken. A copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by
contacting the House Records Office at State Capitol, Room 3,
Juneau, Alaska 99801 (mailing address), (907) 465-2214, and
after adjournment of the second session of the Twenty-Second
Alaska State Legislature this information may be obtained by
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.
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