Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to welcome all my fellow MLAs and other people who accompanied them back to Yellowknife.

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Also the federal government has a large responsibility in this area. When the fisheries failed, they put hundreds of millions of dollars into it. When farming fails, they do the same thing. Mining industry should be no different. The federal government needs to find ways to help miners and the mines to survive financially and otherwise until gold prices go back up, but Mr. Speaker, all is not doom and gloom.

There are a lot of things to look forward to and I would like to mention just a few. The last time we were here the Finance Minister mentioned public/private partnerships which would help us to build facilities that we may not otherwise be able to build and there could be a lot of opportunities here for businesses. One of those opportunities is to complete the road to resources that I questioned the Premier about, the last time we were here. This would open things up for exploration. Also, we know that a diamond mine is going to open soon here and that another one is likely to open in a few years. This means not only jobs at the mine but a diamond sorting and valuation facility in one of our communities is still a possibility and I am talking sorting for market not just for valuation. Additionally, we know 80 percent of money generated in a diamond industry occurs after diamonds come out of the ground. We need a guaranteed supply of rough diamonds to help establish a diamond secondary industry in the north. With a little help from our governments, a diamond cutting and polishing factory...