Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is addressed to the Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and it is regarding concerns I raised in the House yesterday that I was made aware of by the Northwest Territories Forest Industry Association and that is the fact that a product they harvest in the north, the lumber, the trees that is harvested, logged, milled, and planed to the standards set by the Canadian Lumber Standards Accreditation Board, is not in fact, covered under the northern manufactured policy. This puts local businesses in Fort Smith, Resolution, Hay River and possibly in the Fort Simpson area at a disadvantage where they have a northern product grown in the north and put together and finished in the north on a different level than all other northern products in making them compete with southern firms with no recognition of the work that is done in the north. My question to the Minister is, in light of this concern, could he indicate whether he is prepared to looking at addressing that oversight so that it is dealt with prior to the next construction season? Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 31-13(6): Forestry Manufacturers Licencing
In the Legislative Assembly on September 17th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Question 31-13(6): Forestry Manufacturers Licencing
Item 6: Oral Questions
September 16th, 1998
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