Mr. Chairman, as I said, the funding next year will probably be around the six million dollar mark for the corporation. I suggested that we would review how it is going. That is not to say it might close down, and even if
we were not to fund it for one year, we would still have a number of businesses, a number of ventures, that it was involved in. What I am saying is that we would review it to see whether there was a funding requirement for that particular year.
The other avenue, of course, to address some of the things that Mr. Nerysoo pointed out, would be the Business Credit Corporation which is fast coming on stream.
Marketing Initiatives
With regard to marketing, there are a number of initiatives right now being taken by the private sector, being taken by Arctic Co-operatives, being taken by ourselves, and we are attempting to make sure that all of those things are interlocking. Mr. Nerysoo raises a good point, and that is, should there be a marketing corporation for the NWT? I think that is a distinct possibility. It may be through the private sector with some assistance from ourselves, it may be through Arctic Co-operatives, it may be a joint venture, but certainly part of the problem that we see in the NWT right now is the aspect of marketing.
As I say, there are a number of things going on right now. We are trying to co-ordinate all of those things, and there may be a proposal coming back to the House with regard to some kind of marketing initiative. Thank you.