Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions this afternoon will be for Mr. Bell, the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, on the status of our diamond industry. It was an interesting turn of events earlier this year where, I think it was in the spring, Mr. Speaker, we saw the release of the National Diamond Strategy, but also in short order a response from the mining industry that challenged some of the things that we're doing up here. One of the specific ones was where the mining industry was claiming that our investment in the cutting and polishing industry was short-term unsustainable and the future was stark. Mr. Speaker, what is our government's position vis-a-vis the mining industry's assertion that our so far 160 people and $9 million is not a worthwhile investment? Thank you.
Bill Braden on Question 263-15(3): Sustainability Of The Diamond Industry
In the Legislative Assembly on October 20th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Question 263-15(3): Sustainability Of The Diamond Industry
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 19th, 2004
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