Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think most of the Members of the House know we were involved in a dispute over the polar bear trademark with Sirius Diamonds for a number of years and I wanted to say that we have negotiated an arrangement with Sirius. Some Members of the House here were very concerned about it two months ago and through negotiations, we are able to come to an agreement that's mutual to ourselves as the Government of the Northwest Territories and to Sirius Diamonds. The part of the agreement is that we are able to, as a government, say that Sirius Diamonds have developed their own logo, which is a polar bear which has four legs. Our official trademark is a polar bear that has three legs. It's facing west and theirs is facing east, or whatever. So part of the agreement is they be allowed to use their polar bear trademark, even though it's similar to ours. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Jim Antoine on Question 232-14(6): Polar Bear Diamond Logo Dispute Settlement
In the Legislative Assembly on March 13th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 232-14(6): Polar Bear Diamond Logo Dispute Settlement
Question 232-14(6): Polar Bear Diamond Logo Dispute Settlement
Item 7: Oral Questions
March 12th, 2003
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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