Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the department has looked at that. We have to work with Members and Cabinet to look at other sources. As you know, it's a restricted kind of financial situation we're in, but we are going to be developing some plan of action of how to look at it because certainly there's going to be an increase in demand and we have to look at that. So we will consult with and continue to provide assistance to different aboriginal groups that are down the valley. We go through the aboriginal government private sector partnership fund through the maximizing northern employment initiatives currently. So we will continue to support capacity building through our existing levels of funding, but I understand where the Member's coming from and we'll certainly have to continue to look at it as we go through our strategic plan of approach on how we're going to deal with this big project that's looming ahead of us.
Jim Antoine on Question 379-14(6): Impacts And Opportunities Of The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline
In the Legislative Assembly on October 6th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 379-14(6): Impacts And Opportunities Of The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline
Question 379-14(6): Impacts And Opportunities Of The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 5th, 2003
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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