OTTAWA – Federal money meant for Arctic projects and programs should go to the territories, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson said on Wednesday. “When the federal government starts rolling out Arctic programs, it really needs to look to the North,” Simpson said, referring to the three territories. While Simpson said there are northern parts of provinces that could “rightly be called the Arctic,” he stressed the need for federal support in the territories. Transport Canada is the department responsible for developing the Arctic Infrastructure Fund. “That’s why we met with Minister MacKinnon to raise our questions around the Arctic Infrastructure Fund and what that was going to look like.