Mr. Speaker, it is very difficult to quickly do an assessment of exactly how many jobs have been lost. I would suspect that between the three of them, and again not knowing exactly which three he is referring to, we have probably lost somewhere between 10 and 20 direct jobs. In addition to that, we have also lost the indirect employment that these manufacturing plants create. Again, that is very difficult to measure, but I want to assure the House that we do support the fur manufacturing industry and we are doing everything we can in Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and through the Northwest Territories Development Corporation to have a viable fur manufacturing, a value-added industry in the North. There are challenges in doing that, but we are working with the communities that are interested to try and maintain a good quality fur product manufacturing industry. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Joe Handley on Question 285-14(3): NWT Fur Garment Manufacturers
In the Legislative Assembly on November 15th, 2000. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 285-14(3): Nwt Fur Garment Manufacturers
Question 285-14(3): NWT Fur Garment Manufacturers
Item 6: Oral Questions
November 14th, 2000
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