Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is good that Great Slave Lake Forest Products as well as the NWT Development Corporation are working on a plan with the community. That is good news, but the problem that we have is in the milling operation, and the logging operation and producing lumber in the Northwest Territories is something similar to building a house, Mr. Speaker. We have so many days of warm weather in the Northwest Territories, south of the lake, and we have so many days of warm sun in order to air-dry that lumber. It takes time to do that, so it is not as simple as sawing it and selling it. You have to air-dry it before you plane it. All of that stuff takes time, and the days that you lose at the beginning of your sawing season, you never gain them back at the end, because then it is fall and it rains constantly. So how long is this review going to take to get finalized if the numbers are correct, and when will we have the get-together in Fort Resolution to address this issue? There is a time restraint here, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Don Morin on Question 142-13(7): Value-added Resource Sector
In the Legislative Assembly on April 28th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 142-13(7): Value-added Resource Sector
Question 142-13(7): Value-added Resource Sector
Item 6: Oral Questions
April 27th, 1999
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