Mr. Speaker, as a general rule, the federal government has no experts within its ranks. There are no experts on diamonds within the federal government. What the federal government has are a few people who have taken the time to visit with diamentaires and are regurgitating for federal officials and Ministers the information they have gleaned from meeting with diamentaires in Europe and also in the country. There are presently no people within the federal government who have first hand experience in working and dealing with diamonds. The federal government has had to lean exclusively on getting information from outside expertise to formulate the positions they have taken to date. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Question 448-13(5): Diamond Industry Task Force
In the Legislative Assembly on February 26th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 448-13(5): Diamond Industry Task Force
Question 448-13(5): Diamond Industry Task Force
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 25th, 1998
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